Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador Quotes

We have made a full frontal attack on corruption. The question is whether we can address the question of governance in developing countries and, particularly, corruption.

But eradicating corruption is not enough to sustain a country.

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

In the Mexico we want, there is no room for corruption, for cover-ups, and least of all for impunity.

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.

Public disclosure is one of the great disinfectants ever invented.

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

We as citizens should hold our government accountable for word and deed.

Self government cannot work if the people do not know what their rulers are doing and why.

To Any Officer or Employee of the Government: Please tell Mr. Lincoln Steffens anything whatever about the government that you know (not incompatible with the public interest) and provided only that you tell him the truth—no matter what it might be—I will see to it that you are not hurt. T. Roosevelt.

I will be happy with certainly when the corruption index improve.

The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them.

Similarly, gender-equality, supremacy of law, political participation, civil society, and transparency are among the indispensable elements that are the imperatives of democratization.

We should insist that governments receiving American aid live up to standards of accountability and transparency, and we should support countries that embrace market reforms, democracy, and the rule of law.

Fighting corruption is not a one-night affair.

I want to rid the country of corruption and return our economic environment.

Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem.

I was put into office by the people who believed in my idea that corruption is the root of poverty; that an end to corruption would mean an end to poverty.

I see corruption as a mortal enemy for young democracies.

In Romania, we have pledged to create a modern public service: well-educated, appropriately rewarded and above all, de-politicized.

The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness.

We have now recently launched the national integrity plan.

Obama has already rejected the bright sunlight of public knowledge, which is democracy's great disinfectant and cure.

I'm going to go after crime and corruption wherever it is. But I did focus particularly on the need to restore public confidence in essential institutions of both the public and private sector.

I promise, before God and my community, to seek reforms so that the powerful and corrupt are no longer above the law.