“Worse than a corrupt government is an incompetent one, not least because having the second characteristic does not exclude the first one.” — Victor Bello Accioly Copy Share Image
In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery. — Sallust Copy Share Image
I underestimated the low level of capacity. I also underestimated the cultural roots of corruption. — Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Copy Share Image
Moral self-infatuation has its own corruptions, after all. With time, almost every other principle of the magazine acquired an ironic echo, a… — Renata Adler Copy Share Image
“Fighting corruption will only be effective when we attack its real cause: the materialism that distorts our virtues.” — Victor Bello Accioly Copy Share Image
In no civilised country is the head of the government immune from corruption investigation. — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
Show me a supposedly 'unfixable' problem in Washington, and I'll show you the political corruption standing in the way. — Kirsten Gillibrand Copy Share Image
There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than through the corruption of language — George Orwell Copy Share Image
The instances of honesty that one comes across in this world are just as amazing as the instances of dishonesty. After forty-five… — Ford Madox Ford Copy Share Image
Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty, was successfully practised; honours, gifts, and immunities were offered and accepted as the price… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
One of our priorities is to have an enabling environment for private investment, both domestic and foreign investment, and that means we… — Joao Lourenco Copy Share Image
“In the present case it is a little inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense,… — H.L. Mencken Copy Share Image
From being a dream, dams have become a very cynical corrupt enterprise; a way of letting governments lay their hands on huge… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Two things made this country great: White men & Christianity. The degree these two have diminished is in direct proportion to the… — Don Davis Copy Share Image
Since, though I do not repent my amorous exploits, I am far from wanting my example to contribute to the corruption of… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
Man has throughout the ages been seeking something beyond himself, beyond material welfare - something we call truth or God or reality,… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“In the tired hand of a dying man, Theodore Senior had written: "The 'Machine politicians' have shown their colors... I feel sorry… — Edmund Morris Copy Share Image
People already think the court is there to become the final word on controversial political questions. So everybody looks to the Supreme… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
In Egypt the neoliberal programs have meant statistical growth, like right before the Arab Spring, Egypt was a kind of poster child… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“In Chapter 5 we consider swindles and defalcations. It happens that crashes and panics often are precipitated by the revelation of some… — Charles P. Kindleberger Copy Share Image
“Money bought access. But the Second American Revolution had happened, people began taking the Constitution seriously again, and the practice of renting… — Jack McDevitt Copy Share Image
“Inevitably came the time when he angrily repudiated his former paladin Yasser Arafat. In fact, he described him to me as 'the… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
Let it stand, therefore, as an indubitable truth, which no engines can shake, that the mind of man is so entirely alienated… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
I cite a good example, say, of agriculture, .. In agriculture we need to move with speed to bring to full utilization… — Gideon Gono Copy Share Image
Our truth of nowadays is not what is, but what others can be convinced of; just as we call "money" not only… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“Living with such corruption becomes a suffocating way of life that saps confi dence and initiative” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I completely disagree if someone says that corruption of junior government officers should be overlooked. — Arvind Kejriwal Copy Share Image
It is a moral achievement on the part of the doctor who ought not to let himself be repelled by sickness and… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, there is a long history of union bosses using money from American workers for lavish personal expenses. This corruption is unacceptable… — Michelle Steel Copy Share Image
Give us an intense distaste for things that displease You and a renewed pleasure in things that bring You honor and magnify… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Naked power has its limitations, since power is a generator of corruption and corruption in its turn tends to dilute the effectiveness… — Robert Payne Copy Share Image
Illicit trade corrupts corporations and governments alike, allows dictators to survive, and obscures oppression, including modern day slavery. — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
I promise to deliver a corruption-free India... people have chosen our government to get rid of black money. — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
“Never worry about a book corrupting a child. Worry if your children are not getting ideas from books.” — Richard Peck Copy Share Image
If one evil eats at the moral fiber of human life in this world that could be termed as Mother of Evils,… — T Joseph Benziger Copy Share Image
The real cost of corruption in government, whether it is local, state, or federal, is a loss of the public trust. — Mike Quigley Copy Share Image
“My particular brand of anxiety often sought to corrupt the innocence of the everyday into the delinquency of my daydreams.” — Sean Norris Copy Share Image
The expression 'Gone To The Dogs' needs to be changed to 'Gone To Humans Without Conscience' — Amit Abraham Copy Share Image
Do not test the limits of your soul for only the filth of this landscape will satisfy that open space. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In Kurosawa's films, the tragedy is that this strong man was crushed by corruption or mistrust at the end. — Claire Denis Copy Share Image