When a religion or ideology becomes dominant, the lack of controls will result in widening spirals of license leading to degradation and… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
“Pure honesty" is dead in a jungle of eternal, bloody impunity, rampant corruption and dirty politics. ~ Angelica Hopes, K.H. Trilogy” — Angelica Hopes Copy Share Image
The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means. — Georges Bernanos Copy Share Image
When we look at a conflict, it is so often rooted in injustice, prejudice, competition for resources, poverty, poor governance and corruption. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“Law enforcement ignore many crimes until the statute of limitations prevents the illegal activities from being investigated.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
The Bible is the only force known to history that has freed enitre nations from corruption while simultaneously giving them political freedom. — Vishal Mangalwadi Copy Share Image
You can separate corruption from politics only when democracy becomes government of the people, for the people and by the people. — Vikrant Parsai Copy Share Image
I could never have any corruption from the state because I never had any business with the state. — Ksenia Sobchak Copy Share Image
The origin of all revolutions and corruption, and the spur and source of all base morals are just two sayings: The First… — Said Nursi Copy Share Image
I consider the doctrines of Jesus as delivered by himself to contain the outlines of the sublimest system of morality that has… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We are children of chaos, and the deep structure of change is decay. At root, there is only corruption, and the unstemmable… — Peter Atkins Copy Share Image
I filed the ethics complaint against Tom DeLay not because I'm a Democrat and he's a Republican or even because he drew… — Chris Bell Copy Share Image
In all cities, the better classes - the business men - are the sources of corruption, but they are so rarely pursued… — Lincoln Steffens Copy Share Image
I want to say that this business of corruption and the fight against corruption is a very serious matter, and sometimes I'm… — Yemi Osinbajo Copy Share Image
William Andrews Clark was caught in a bribery scandal during a campaign for the U.S. Senate - he was said to describe… — Bill Dedman Copy Share Image
Indians do not hinder the progress of their dead by embalming or tight coffining. When the spirit has gone they give the… — Emily Carr Copy Share Image
Reason and free inquiry are the only effective agents against error. Give a loose to them, they will support the true religion… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“They want us to be afraid. They want us to be afraid of leaving our homes. They want us to barricade our… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
Throughout history, Allah has imposed upon the [Jews] people who would punish them for their corruption. The last punishment was carried out… — Yusuf al-Qaradawi Copy Share Image
The corruption of the good by the belief in their own infallible goodnes is the most bloody dangerous pitfall in the human… — Helen Fielding Copy Share Image
“Their management and regulation of our lives spans the total spectrum of American experience, from their obtuse Imperial Measurement System, to their… — Zoltan Istvan Copy Share Image
“Being a copper I like to see the law win. I'd like to see the flashy well-dressed mugs like Eddie Mars spoiling… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
“Proof then, has retreated in the face of belief. Science, once heralded as the arbiter of truth, has had its facade of… — Phil Hine Copy Share Image
“Am I corrupted if I believe that the people who think alike are more admirable and estimable than those who think for… — Tom Walsh Copy Share Image
Dishonesty is not the only alternative to honesty. There is also the highly underrated virtue of shutting up. — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
People love WikiLeaks when it is exposing corruption in their opponents. People oppose WikiLeaks when it is exposing corruption or dangerous behavior… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
In our corrupted state, common weaknesses and defects contribute more towards the reconciling us to one another than all the precepts of… — E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax Copy Share Image
“Police Internal Affairs departments are so corrupt that you cannot believe anything that they say.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“There's probably no one so easily bribed, but he lacks even the fundamental honesty of honorable corruption. He doesn't stay bribed; not… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
We do not need international help to stop corruption, we need strong Louisiana Leadership. — David Vitter Copy Share Image
“Most people couldn't be rich if they wanted to be honest; most people couldn't be honest if they wanted to be rich.” — Margaret Peterson Haddix Copy Share Image
Politics - I don't know why, but they seem to have a tendency to separate us, to keep us from one another,… — Sean O'Casey Copy Share Image
“The hand that pockets the corrupt coin places it in the collection plate seeking absolution.” — Stewart Stafford Copy Share Image
“I find the blatant cover-up regarding the extensive biological toxicity of wireless radiation to the masses by the corporate government to be… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
The people are fed up with corruption and embezzlement. They object to censorship. The first thing that the people of Iran want… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
It's interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant. — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
“It’s not unpatriotic to denounce an injustice committed on our behalf, perhaps it’s the most patriotic thing we can do.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Smartass Disciple: Master, I want to eradicate all corruptions in this world. Master of Stupidity: Let it be a bit! Otherwise you'll… — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
“Those who feel the pain of others are the most eligible for all joy of the world, unfortunately this rule is too… — Kartik Mehta Copy Share Image
Anyone in a position of power is either corrupt or assumed to be corrupt, and the assumption of corruption is as bad… — Stanley A. McChrystal Copy Share Image