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Transparency in government, no less than transparency in choosing government, remains a vital national interest in a democracy.

There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny - they should be setting the example of transparency.

I believe that transparency is the solution to our problem on corruption.

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.

We need to keep pressure on our own governments to force more and more transparency.

To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.

We can only restore faith in government if the state itself becomes an efficient, effective and transparent ally of the people. Bureaucratic inefficiencies, abuses of power and the misappropriation of public funds must end.

I firmly believe that the most important feature of spending the people's money is complete transparency.

Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, has on several occasions talked about transparency as an absolute principle. I don't personally believe that.