I'd Rather...

I'd rather that people would say what they mean and mean what they say.

I'd rather that they tell me what they're not happy with instead of talking about the issue to exhaustion yet come up with no solution behind my back.

I'd rather that they say nothing then pretend to be concerned only to dig up dirt for them to spread to all and sundry.

I'd rather that they talk about the truth no matter how ugly instead of weaving stories that they heard from a tertiary source.