Mitt Romney in 1999: "If you hold back information and surprise people, you lose their trust"
A big part of the current controversy surrounding Mitt Romney's time at and departure from Bain Capital comes down to how forthcoming Romney has been in answering questions about his personal fortune that has been rooted in his time and deals at Bain.
Critics, including Republicans, are calling upon the presumptive Republican presidential nominee to release more tax returns, but Romney has said that at most he might release one more return, for a total of two tax returns. Romney's father, George Romney, released twelve years of his personal tax returns when he was running for president.
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However, in February, 1999, when he took over the helm at the scandal-ridden 2002 Winter Olympics, Mitt Romney specifically stated that a leader's willingness to be forthcoming and to provide a full accounting of their actions, was essential to maintaining people's trust:
"If you hold back information and surprise people, you lose their trust."
http://www.examiner.com/article/romney-tax-returns-mitt-earlier-said-holding-back-information-loses-trust
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