A Quote by Barbara Jordan

If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.

Barbara Jordan

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Barbara Jordan
American - Politician
February 21, 1936 - January 17, 1996

The public wants elected officials who have character. The public wants elected officials who are willing to stand up and say things, even if they don't agree with them.

Michael Bloomberg

All public officials, including the secretary of state, must be held accountable.

Ron DeSantis

Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan

In view of our public pledges, we public officials can never again go before the public merely promising election reform. The time for promises is past.

Charles Edison

More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.

Barbara Jordan

In order to maintain public trust in government, elected officials must answer for what they do and say; this includes 140-character tweets.

Mike Quigley

As public officials, we have a duty to protect all of our communities and our number one priority must be saving lives.

Cori Bush

You may never need them, but if you do, they'll be there. It's that bedrock promise of protection that makes our public safety officials the unsung heroes that they are.

Ajit Pai

Our nation is grounded on the rule of law, and the public must be assured that government officials administer the law fairly.

Rod Rosenstein

To restore and keep the public's confidence in the integrity of their government, state government and its officials must be open, honest and transparent.

John Lynch

Most public officials work hard to serve the public good and abide by Oregon's ethics laws.

Kate Brown

Happy family: The existence and maintenance of [this] is thought to make a politician fit for public office. According to this theory, the public are less concerned by whether or not they are effectively represented than by the need to be assured that the penises and vaginas of public officials are only used in legally sanctioned circumstances.

John Ralston Saul

I don't claim any moral or ethical high ground, but I also have chosen not to run for public office. Shouldn't there be a higher standard of conduct for public officials?

Mark McKinnon

Our elected officials must understand that we, the American people, expect them to perform the duties of their office, even when that means working with other elected officials from different parties.

Reid Hoffman

In the end, the public has the right to know about any undertakings top public officials engage in that may influence how they conduct the people's business.

Mike Quigley

The human element should be the two players on the court, not the officials. The best officials are the ones you never notice. The nature of the game made officials too noticeable a part.

Gene Scott

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