Definition of Transparency

Transparency

The quality or condition of being transparent; transparence.

That which is transparent; especially, a picture painted on thin cloth or glass, or impressed on porcelain, or the like, to be viewed by natural or artificial light, which shines through it.

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Transparency Quotations

In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.
Nancy Pelosi

I think it's a good thing that there are bloggers out there watching very closely and holding people accountable. Everyone in the news should be able to hold up to that kind of scrutiny. I'm for as much transparency in the newsgathering process as possible.
Anderson Cooper

The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe.
Arthur Erickson

Life is filigree work. What is written clearly is not worth much, it's the transparency that counts.
Louis-Ferdinand Celine

I used to hate doing color. I hated transparency film. The way I did color was by not wanting to know what kind of film was in my camera.
Helmut Newton

Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intellectual one.
Helmut Jahn

We need transparency in government spending. We need to put each government expenditure online so every Floridian can see where their tax money is being spent.
Marco Rubio

But what I hope for from a book - either one that I write or one that I read - is transparency. I want the story to shine through. I don't want to think of the writer.
Anne Tyler

One man's transparency is another's humiliation.
Gerry Adams

We do not have a functioning market in the true sense of the word in health care. That's a layer of transparency that's sorely needed in America.
Paul Ryan

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

What I'm thinking about more and more these days is simply the importance of transparency, and Jefferson's saying that he'd rather have a free press without a government than a government without a free press.
Esther Dyson

What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's transparency.
George Jean Nathan

If we want to truly regain the public's trust, we can provide greater accountability and transparency with a simple step. Let's start by communicating to our constituents about the votes we take.
Melissa Bean

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.
Lee H. Hamilton

There is no persuasiveness more effectual than the transparency of a single heart, of a sincere life.
Joseph Barber Lightfoot

It should strengthen investors' confidence. This is done through transparency, high quality financial reports, and a standardized economic market. This is not just for China, but also for the world market as a whole.
Richard Grasso

A government operates and acts differently than a company. So all we want to do is get some transparency here and then determine if the deal should go forward.
Mark Foley

Slovakia's joining the OECD in 1999 is totally dependent on meeting economic reforms required such as transparency and legislation that permits fair and open conduct of trade and business.
John Mica

In reality the workings of your governing system are opaque and covert, while hiding in the chattering spotlight of an ostensible transparency, even though the ultimate objective is clear.
Breyten Breytenbach

Our whole philosophy is one of transparency.
Valerie Jarrett

I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between China and the United States. Which way is it going to go? It's hard to see.
Julian Assange

A basic tenet of a healthy democracy is open dialogue and transparency.
Peter Fenn

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Transparency Translations

transparency in French is transparence
transparency in German is Durchsichtigkeiten

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