[Spacetrucker]

I hope he truly is a good man. Public pronouncements do not certify that but could be a likely indicator.

[Dr. Sivana]

Public pronouncements do not certify that but could be a likely indicator.
If the talks put you on the "outs" when you have something to lose, it is a good indicator. My favorite quotation from him is,

Everyone dies and I am not, you know, I don’t believe in the Homeric idea that you know, immortality comes by, you know, having odes sung about you over the centuries, you know?