Corruption Quotes

All one great big lie.

— Bernard Madoff

“absolute power is corrupting”

— Richard Wright

Blackmail is more effective than bribery.

— John le Carre

When you fight corruption, it fights back.

— Nuhu Ribadu

I have fought corruption.

— Jacob Zuma

Corruption empowers and enriches dictators.

— Tom Malinowski

“Among doctors, there are also criminals!”

— Ramona I

I'm sure corruption in Chechnya is minimal.

— Vladimir Putin

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.

— Edmund Burke

“I am far more fearful of the USA government than I am of North Korea.”

— Steven Magee

I am but a seed planted into a corrupted garden watered by the tears of civilization.

— Anonymous

Honesty doesn't always pay, but dishonesty always costs.

— Michael Josephson

Our anti-corruption systems have inherently and intently been kept flawed.

— Arvind Kejriwal

Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice.

— Adlai E. Stevenson

I want to rid the country of corruption and return our economic environment.

— Nestor Kirchner

Corruption has seeped into every section of life.

— Jaggi Vasudev

“I make love like a snake disguised as an elephant and a donkey. But I mustn’t talk about sexual congress and Congress…

— Dark Jar Tin Zoo

“Americans seem to be oblivious to the immense dangers that a largely fictitious health and safety law enforcement system creates in industry.”

— Steven Magee

Ultimately, it is only a powerful civil society movement which can break the vicious cycle of corruption in any society.

— Prashant Bhushan

“Since the earliest days of our youth, we have been conditioned to accept that the direction of the herd, and authority anywhere…

— Suzy Kassem

The tendency of the UN and its major supporters is to think good intentions and mild to rampant corruption are as good…

— John Hamill

Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.

— Samuel Adams

No one wrote better about the sin of pride, the corruption of power and the redemption of love. I will miss you,…

— Laila Lalami

I want to appeal to all people to come together across the country and stand against this politics of corruption.

— Arvind Kejriwal

“Why else do you think we are permanently at war in various regions all over the world? And why is it the…

— James Morcan

Bullies, oppressors and all men who do violence to the rights of others are guilty not only of their own crimes, but…

— Alessandro Manzoni

Russia has a well-known reputation for corruption; unfortunately, I discovered that it was far worse than many had thought. While working in…

— Bill Browder

The main reasons for the growth and institutionalization of corruption are: a culture of secrecy with lack of transparency, and weak institutions…

— Prashant Bhushan

Dishonesty is all about the small acts we can take and then think, 'No, this not real cheating.' So if you think…

— Dan Ariely

“In the West, and among some in the Indian elite, this word, corruption, had purely negative connotations; it was seen as blocking…

— Katherine Boo

“Bribery quickly became an integral part of the Russian way of doing business, and the expense of buying a government official was…

— David Satter

Corruption is when a politician uses public funds to deliver pistachio ice cream to his home and transfer garden furniture to his…

— Yair Lapid

“This mundus tenebrosus, this shaddowy world of Mankind, is sunk into Night; there is not a Field without its Spirits, nor a…

— Peter Ackroyd

“A lawman asking for bribe from a civilian to fulfill certain necessary paperwork, is committing injustice. A pervert who gropes and manhandles…

— Abhijit Naskar

We read so much about incompetence and corruption in all sorts of places. I'm not just thinking of the United Kingdom and…

— Colin Dexter

From the earliest ages of history to the present day there never have been thirteen millions of people associated in one political…

— Andrew Jackson

“I've an insatiable craving inside me that consumes everything and makes me regard the sufferings and joys of others only in their…

— Mikhail Lermontov

When a man is saved by divine grace, he is not wholly cleansed from the corruption of his heart. When we believe…

— Charles Spurgeon

“Yes, we have to seek redemption! Redemption from the divisive politics based on caste and religion, redemption from the corruption which is…

— Madhu Vajpayee

If you take a walk around Ouagadougou and make a list of the mansions you see, you will note that they belong…

— Thomas Sankara