1 If I owned a network, I would never let a guy just put people on without telling me who they are. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Louis C. K., Communication, Control, Oversight, 0 Louis C. K. Comedian · USA Copy
2 Political parties serve to keep each other in check, one keenly watching the other. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Henry Clay, Balance, Competition, Oversight, 0 Henry Clay Copy
3 The guiding purpose of the government regulator is to prevent rather than to create something. Author, January 5, 2024January 6, 2025, Alan Greenspan, Oversight, Prevention, Regulation, 0 Alan Greenspan Economist · USA Copy
4 When you were riding on the crest of a wave, youwere most likely to be missing out on something. Author, January 13, 2024January 6, 2025, Knute Rockne, Awareness, Oversight, Success, 0 Knute Rockne Football coach · Norway Copy
5 There is a significant Latin proverb; to wit: Who will guard the guards? Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Josh Billings, Ethics, Oversight, Power, 0 Josh Billings Humorist · USA Copy
6 Chaperons don’t enforce morality; they force immorality to be discreet. Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Judith Martin, Discretion, Oversight, Suppression, 0 Judith Martin Author · USA Copy
7 Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? – Who will watch the watchers? Author, January 12, 2024January 6, 2025, Juvenal, Accountability, Oversight, Power, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy Copy
8 Any time things appear to be going better, you have overlooked something. Author, January 3, 2024January 1, 2025, Shirley Chisholm, Awareness, Caution, Oversight, 0 Shirley Chisholm Politician · USA Copy
9 Government works best under the glare of public scrutiny. Absent such scrutiny, abuses occur. Read explanation Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stephen Hawking, Accountability, Oversight, Transparency, 0 Stephen Hawking Physicist · England Copy
10 Government works best under the glare of public scrutiny. Absent such scrutiny, abuses occur. Read explanation Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Stephen Hawking, Accountability, Oversight, Transparency, 0 Stephen Hawking Physicist · England Copy
11 If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something. Author, January 3, 2024January 6, 2025, Steven Wright, Complacency, Oversight, Warning, 0 Steven Wright Comedian · USA Copy
12 My opponents make good moves too. Sometimes I don’t take these things into consideration Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Bobby Fischer, Consideration, Opposition, Oversight, 0 Bobby Fischer Chess Player · USA Copy
13 Most benefactors are like unskillful generals who take the city and leave the citadel intact. Author, December 28, 2023January 1, 2025, Nicolas Chamfort, Generosity, Oversight, Power, 0 Nicolas Chamfort Playwright · France Copy
14 What we are missing, utterly and completely, in this government is accountability. Author, December 23, 2023December 28, 2024, Paul Hawken, Accountability, Government, Oversight, 0 Paul Hawken Entrepreneur and environmentalist Copy
15 Mob rule and emasculation of the wise’ and ‘who will watch the guardians’? Read explanation Author, December 23, 2023January 1, 2025, Plato, Oversight, Tyranny, Wisdom, 0 Plato Philosopher · Greece Copy
16 It is correct that I overlooked the contamination of the party, not just now but also in the past. Author, December 27, 2023January 1, 2025, Bela Kun, Acknowledgment, Contamination, Oversight, 0 Bela Kun Revolutionary leader and politician · Hungary Copy
17 I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Charles de Gaulle, Oversight, Power, Responsibility, 0 Charles de Gaulle Former President of the French Republic · France Copy
18 Caring about policy is important – people in washington forget. Author, December 22, 2023December 28, 2024, Tabitha Soren, Importance, Oversight, Policy, 0 Tabitha Soren Journalist Copy
19 Law..is too important to be left to the lawyers. Author, September 24, 2023January 2, 2025, Lawrence M. Friedman, Expertise, Importance, Oversight, 0 Lawrence M. Friedman Law professor and legal scholar Copy
20 Who will observe the observers? Author, September 26, 2023January 2, 2025, Arthur Eddington, Accountability, Oversight, Surveillance, 0 Arthur Eddington Astronomer · England Copy
21 When witnesses concoct lies, they often miss the obvious. Author, September 7, 2023January 2, 2025, John Grisham, Deception, Oversight, Truth, 0 John Grisham Lawyer Copy
22 ACCOUNTABILITY, n. The mother of caution. Author, October 20, 2023January 2, 2025, Ambrose Bierce, Caution, Oversight, Responsibility, 0 Ambrose Bierce Journalist · USA Copy
23 But who guards the guardians? Author, August 29, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Accountability, Oversight, Power, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy Copy
24 Who is to guard the guards themselves? Author, August 3, 2023January 2, 2025, Juvenal, Accountability, Oversight, Power, 0 Juvenal Poet · Italy Copy
25 What Washington needs is adult supervision. Author, September 1, 2023January 2, 2025, Barack Obama, Governance, Leadership, Oversight, 0 Barack Obama 44th U.S. President · USA Copy
We control the machine. At one point the machine controlled us. Karim Rashid Industrial designer · Egypt
A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every one that can read in it. William Hazlitt Essayist · England
Being rational is a moral imperative. You should never be stupider than you need to be Read explanation Charlie Munger Business person
