Such a candid statement might cost him votes.

His quirky, candid, sometimes dead-on and sometimes off-the-wall public statements have often proved more amusing than confidence-inspiring.

The commission had held that its deliberations might be inhibited because of the impact that candid statements by its eminent members could have upon financial markets.

Such candid statements are especially startling to Mexicans because through the centuries politicians' families have mostly been kept out of sight.

"That, Mademoiselle, is a very candid statement."

Enterprise only pretends to itself to be mainly actuated by the statements in its own prospectus, however candid and sincere.

For example, the investigators believed that having White House lawyers sit in on interviews with other staff members interfered with the effort to obtain candid statements.

Liam Sullivan's candid statement was welcome.

It is urgent that Britain makes a candid statement on its current attitude to the Treaty of Tlatelolco, before any such tragedy.

The delighted air of triumphant conviction with which Alwyn received this candid statement was irresistible, and Villiers's attempt at equanimity entirely gave way before it.