When I arrived in Washington I witnessed firsthand the corrupting influence of money in our politics. — Dean Phillips Copy Share Image
That by 1774 the final crisis of the constitution, brought on by political and social corruption, had been reached was, to most… — Bernard Bailyn Copy Share Image
Books are savaged and careers destroyed by surly snots who write anonymous reviews and publishers can't be bothered to protest this institutionalized… — Warren Murphy Copy Share Image
The guiding principle of my life, 'the means are the ends,' has taught me that our participation in a corrupt system facilitates… — Sonia Johnson Copy Share Image
My work about corruption is to get people to see it less as a moral issue (right/wrong) and more as an economic… — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
“when people thought the country was headed in the wrong direction, corruption was their second-biggest concern, after security.3” — Douglas Grindle Copy Share Image
Corrupt, stupid grasping functionaries will make at least as big a muddle of socialism as stupid, selfish and acquisitive employers can make… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
“You don't necessarily need atomic bombs to destroy a nation. Politicians who value their pockets than the life of citizens always do… — Israelmore Ayivor Copy Share Image
I'm still waiting for the revolution against globalization in the rest of the world. The corruption that's eating away our systems; the… — Peter Sunde Copy Share Image
“The mask of art is the means through which corruption is spread. The mask makes vice seem beautiful, turns squalor and nastiness… — Jennifer Birkett Copy Share Image
“Justice Anthony Kennedy, who wrote the majority opinion, predicted that “with the advent of the Internet, prompt disclosure of expenditures” would be… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
We've got to start also holding people accountable, and we've got to reward people who succeed. But somehow in Washington today -… — John McCain Copy Share Image
Only 4 sets of people can vote for the PDP: (1) those who are intellectually blind; (2) those who are blinded by… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
Government Picking Winners and Losers = Corruption. When government tries to pick winners and losers, the inevitable consequence is corruption. Yes, corruption.… — Gary Johnson Copy Share Image
Joe Biden abused the power of the Office of the Vice President, enabling bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors, by allowing… — Marjorie Taylor Greene Copy Share Image
The fascination with Judas has persisted despite the fact that there is no evidence of the hard facts of his life. Even… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
Compromise" is so often used in a bad sense that it is difficult to remember that properly it merely describes the process… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
You've got to give kids really beautiful children's books in order to turn them into revolutionaries. Because if they see these beautiful… — Tony Millionaire Copy Share Image
The war industries in many countries and the enormous trade in weapons of all kinds generate corruption and fuel conflict throughout the… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
As a president, you've got to show some example. I am disturbed for instance when I read that a candidate said, 'I… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
The freedom of the press is a valuable privilege; but the abuse of it, in this country, is a frightful evil. The… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
“May be the power lies in the hands of the one who holds the gun... so he just presses the trigger whenever… — Sanhita Baruah Copy Share Image
“But even democracies like ours are rife with corruption. The founding fathers had the right idea. They never envisioned professional politicians. They… — Douglas E. Richards Copy Share Image
“The Congressmen and Senators themselves had seen to it that bribery was the only way of doing business with them. Frequently they… — Hugh Brogan Copy Share Image
We have to put an end to the culture of selfishness and corruption that allows greedy Wall Street banks and executives to… — Tulsi Gabbard Copy Share Image
In search of love and music My whole life has been Illumination Corruption And diving, diving, diving, diving, Diving down to pick… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
The consequences of turning a blind eye to government corruption go far beyond simply letting some corrupt politicians and bureaucrats walk free. — Tom Fitton Copy Share Image
“In some nations day broke after a long night, but it is clouded with chaos and corruption.” — Vinita Kinra Copy Share Image
I used to look down on the world for being corrupt, but now I adore it for the utter magnificence of that… — Richard J. Needham Copy Share Image
What I hope is if you turn on the news tonight, I want to find a way to stop all this corruption… — Charles Bradley Copy Share Image
A bank is a place that promises you to keep your money safe and then lends it to somebody else in order… — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
The first principle of tackling corruption is that you do not engage in it and you have the will to confront it. — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
I believed that a husband must necessarily be an angel, impossible of corruption or contamination. — Victoria Woodhull Copy Share Image
Today many of these selfish politicians are preying on the nation itself - (belching corruption and farting discontent!) — Faraaz Kazi Copy Share Image
Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished, but he who gathers by labor will increase. — Dave Ramsey Copy Share Image
The sanctity of womanhood is incompatible with social liberty and social claims; and for a woman emancipation means corruption. — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
There is no greater dishonesty than man effecting his own private gains at the expense of others. — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
I'm very interested in how corruption works - and it's not necessarily the way one might expect. — Ronald Frame Copy Share Image
Issues to do with corruption, issues of how we can straighten out our state-owned enterprises, and how we deal with 'state capture'… — Cyril Ramaphosa Copy Share Image
The most ingenious men are now agreed, that [universities] are only nurseries of prejudice, corruption, barbarism, and pedantry. — George Berkeley Copy Share Image