Conflict Of Interest Quotes - Page 2

• Rudy Giuliani would bring conflicts of interest into any Senate confirmation hearing that would be impossible to clear if confirmation hearings operate under the same gravitational forces that they used to in the pre-Trump era.

  Lawrence O'Donnell

  Would Be, Hearing, Eras

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I think it is important that independent government agencies be put in charge of investigating misconduct so that police departments are no longer allowed to police themselves. There is a conflict of interest there which, I believe, allows police to excuse their own behavior.

  Bernie Sanders

  Believe, Independent, Thinking

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• For Donald Trump's business partners around the world, including the developers of this luxury golf course in Dubai, what some in the U.S. may see as a conflict of interest is, for them, money in the bank.

  Brian Ross

  Golf, Dubai, Luxury

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• We need to have real science, and real science doesn't happen under the hand of lobbyists with a conflict of interest. So get the revolving door done and over with and get the big money out of politics.

  Jill Stein

  Real, Doors, Hands

  "Off Message" with Glenn Thrush, www.politico.com. September 19, 2016.

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• I think, with Trump, the major point is this guy has business enterprises all over the world. And you're looking just at immense, immense conflict of interest.

  Bernie Sanders

  Thinking, Guy, World

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• I never thought of serving as a conflict of interest, that would have been a luxury! I just needed something to survive. Initial needs have to be met first, and then later things like patriotism come in.

  Donna M. Loring

  Luxury, Firsts, Needs

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• What I find most appalling is the Senate calls it a qualified blind trust when it's not blind. Since the Senate says it's OK, the Senate has made it a political question. It's up to the voter. But there's no doubt it's a conflict of interest.

  Kathleen Clark

  Political, Doubt, Voters

  "More Doubts About Frist's Stocks". www.cbsnews.com. October 11, 2005.

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• I believe careers should be judged independently unless there's a clear conflict of interest in a specific case.

  John Fund

  Believe, Careers, Conflict

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• The president is exempt from the conflict of interest rules that all other administrations must - administration officials must abide by.

  George Stephanopoulos

  President, Administration, Conflict

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• [The Center for Industrial Progress'] model allows us to keep conflicts of interest to an absolute minimum as we do our research and writing. As for our relationship with the fossil fuel industry, it's the same as everyone else - they pay for our ideas, we never accept money to voice theirs.

  Alex Epstein

  Writing, Ideas, Voice

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• Mandatory auditor rotation is designed to address a potential conflict of interest between a public company and its auditor. Because an auditor is hired and paid by the public company it audits, the auditor's desire to maintain a good relationship with its client could conflict with its duty to rigorously question the client's financial statements.

  Robert Pozen

  Relationship, Desire, Auditors

  "An Intermediate Approach to the Auditor Rotation Issue" by Robert Pozen, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 9, 2012.

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• What is... disturbing to me is that many of these pro-Israeli lawmakers sit on the House International Relations Committee despite the obvious conflict of interest that their emotional attachments to Israel cause... The Israeli occupation of all territories must end, including Congress.

  Cynthia McKinney

  Emotional, Israel, Attachment

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• Each state pursues its own interest's, however defined, in ways it judges best. Force is a means of achieving the external ends of states because there exists no consistent, reliable process of reconciling the conflicts of interest that inevitably arise among similar units in a condition of anarchy.

  Kenneth Waltz

  Mean, Judging, Way

  Kenneth N. Waltz (2010). “Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis”, p.238, Columbia University Press

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• The 'blind trust' is an age-old ruse. You give a blind trust rules. You can say to a blind trust, don't invest in properties which would be in conflict of interest or where the seller might think they're going to take advantage from me.

  Mitt Romney

  Thinking, Giving, Age

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• Mao challenged the idea that economic planning would dissolve conflicts of interest among the people. He saw it dialectically - conflicts between intellectuals and manual workers, between the city and the countryside, stratification in the party and society. He said it was necessary to struggle to overcome these differences whether it takes 100 or 500 years.

  Harry Magdoff

  Struggle, Party, Years

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

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• The same individuals who are doing primary research in the role of humans on the climate system are then permitted to lead the [IPCC] assessment! There should be an outcry on this obvious conflict of interest, but to date either few recognize this conflict, or see that since the recommendations of the IPCC fit their policy and political agenda, they chose to ignore this conflict. In either case, scientific rigor has been sacrificed and poor policy and political decisions will inevitably follow.

  Roger A. Pielke

  Assessment, Decision, Political

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• Presidential trust is something, that's perishable and it's precious. And once a president loses it, it's not a question of whether it's conflict of interests laws or there aren't conflict of interests laws.

  Mark Shields

  Law, Presidential, Conflict

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I am concerned that Donald Trump walks into the White House a walking conflict of interest in violation of the emoluments clause of the constitution, and the Stock Act. It is important to investigate whether there are financial levers, not just Russia - China, the Emirates. Because he will never make America great again - I don't believe he ever will, but he will not do so if he's beholden to.

  Katrina vanden Heuvel

  Believe, White, America

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• Some of the conflict of interest laws do apply to the president, particularly The Emoluments Clause to "The Constitution," which prohibits any type of benefit from a foreign government.

  Reince Priebus

  Government, Law, President

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• Stepping back from running [Donald Trump] positions is meaningless from a conflict of interests perspective. The presidency is a full-time job and he would have had to step back anyway.

  Reince Priebus

  Running, Jobs, Perspective

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• [Donald Trump] has moved to admit that there is a conflict of interest now and he needs to do something.

  Norman L. Eisen

  Needs, Conflict, Trump

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• [Donald] Trump must divest because of his web of domestic and international business relationships that create a conflict of interest for him.

  Norman L. Eisen

  Conflict, Trump, Business Relationship

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• It's even more important for the integrity of the country if there are conflicts of interest in an administration, if there are things being done that they shouldn't do - and I hope there won't be, but if there were, you have to go and prosecute.

  Patrick Leahy

  Country, Integrity, Important

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I think when people voted for Donald Trump, they realized he owned a lot of stuff with his name on it. I think the concern over conflict of interest seems to be higher in the media than the public. People saying, oh, he has to sell all of his stuff.

  Rand Paul

  Thinking, Media, Names

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• We learned that President-elect [Donald] Trump intends to keep his executive producer title on Celebrity Apprentice. We know he's going to come out later this week and talk about how he's going to handle the overall conflicts of interests, perhaps, with his businesses in the White House.

  George Stephanopoulos

  White, House, President

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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