Karol Cariola Quotes

Our government cannot function cloaked in secrecy. It cannot function unless officials tell the truth.

Throughout my first term in office, we have taken many steps to keep my commitment to make my work in Congress as transparent and accessible as possible.

Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.

We've had public hearings. We've had interim reports, which our statute has encouraged us to provide to the public. We have brought the public along with us, trying to make as much available as possible over time.

I have been instructed by cabinet and caucus members at our last secret meeting that we need more openness in government, but, like, not too much.

The root of the problem [secrecy in government] is not so much that our people have lost confidence in government, but that government has demonstrated time and again its lack of confidence in the people.

In general it can be said that any political or other social system that relies on secrecy does not work efficiently.

Open government’ must not be sacrificed on the altar of bureaucratic secrecy.

Trust comes from transparency…

Government ought to be all outside and no inside.... Everybody knows that corruption thrives in secret places, and avoids public places, and we believe it a fair presumption that secrecy means impropriety.

The overarching purpose of access to information legislation … is to facilitate democracy. It does so in two related ways. It helps to ensure first, that citizens have the information required to participate meaningfully in the democratic process, and secondly, that politicians and bureaucrats remain accountable to the citizenry.

… a guarantee of public access to government information is indispensable in the long run for any democratic society.... if officials make public only what they want citizens to know, then publicity becomes a sham and accountability meaningless.

The best system is the most accountable and transparent system

Secrecy is an instrument of conspiracy; it ought not, therefore, to be the system of a regular government

Although governments will also benefit from improved access to information, increased transparency will allow people at home and abroad to better observe and critique what governments do and to hold leaders accountable for their decisions. As a result, governments will find it harder to adopt strategies that require secrecy or violate international norms.

I'm somebody's who's in favor of transparency and openness.

For me to do my job effectively, we need to continue to earn public confidence. That involves transparency and accountability.

The more government transparency, the better.

Transparency will be at the heart of everything I do - it's what parliament expects, and it's what the public deserves.

Obama's openness is a welcome change from his predecessor, who went all the way to the Supreme Court to hide the RSVP list for a single policy meeting. And transparency is intrinsically good, since in a democracy, very little government activity is legitimately secret.

We are trying to make politics more open. It became a Ukrainian tradition to make decisions behind closed doors.

My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government.

I believe in accessibility. I believe in honesty and a culture that supports that. And you can't have that if you're not open to receiving feedback.

For too long, decisions have been taken behind closed doors - tablets of stone have simply been past down to people without bothering to involve people, listen to their views or give them information about what we are doing and why.

When it comes to governments and corporations, we should demand that less is secret. That's where corruption flowers.