Conquest, tyranny, treachery, and the clash of cultures bring about corrupt societies, and so does old age. Sometimes the five faces of… — Robert Payne Copy Share Image
In 2010, Republicans took control of politics in Alabama by advocating for increased transparency and an end to government corruption, but instead… — Ron Crumpton Copy Share Image
Under my contract with the American voter, we are proposing a series of ethics reforms on day one to end government corruption.… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“he fought hard against corruption in all forms, especially with the Canal Ring (every scandal during this time seems to have the… — Michael Rubbinaccio Copy Share Image
Learning is a good medicine: but no medicine is powerful enough to preserve itself from taint and corruption independently of defects in… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Today, corruption has won and justice has lost. I brought corruption cases in good faith involving powerful people, and the political and… — Andrew Thomas Copy Share Image
Government ought to be all outside and no inside. . . . Everybody knows that corruption thrives in secret places, and avoids… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Selfishness is one of the principal fruits of the corruption of human nature; and it is obvious that selfishness disposes us to… — William Wilberforce 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
I acknowledge the Roman Church to be our mother church, although defiled with some infirmities and corruptions...Let [the Papists] assure themselves, that,… — King James I Copy Share Image
The heartbreak of runaway corruption, abuse of power and indefensible criminality by our government and media should, must inspire all good we-the-people… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue… — Dalton Trumbo Copy Share Image
Before us lie two paths - honesty and dishonesty. The shortsighted embark on the dishonest path; the wise on the honest. For… — Napoleon Hill 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 people are the ultimate guardians of their own liberties. In every government on earth is some trace of human weakness, some… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
As the corruption of our nature shews the absolute necessity of regeneration, so the absolute necessity of regeneration plainly proves the corruption… — Thomas Boston Copy Share Image
Let us be clear: censorship is cowardice. ... It masks corruption. It is a school of torture: it teaches, and accustoms one… — Pablo Antonio Cuadra Copy Share Image
I am disturbed for instance when I read that a candidate said, 'I will not probe anybody or something like that'. You… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
There is no enemy can hurt us but by our own hands. Satan could not hurt us, if our own corruption betrayed… — Joseph Hall Copy Share Image
I saw money change votes.I mean, they just seem unaware of this, that money is something - if they want to see… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
Over the last decade, at considerable cost to me in money and effort, confronted with ridicule and intimidation, I have brought more… — John Jay Hooker Copy Share Image
The goal of every culture is to decay through over-civilization; the factors of decadence, -- luxury, skepticism, weariness and superstition, -- are… — Cyril Connolly Copy Share Image
A rich man is an honest man--no thanks to him; for he would be a double knave, to cheat mankind when he… — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language. ... In due time, the fraud is manifest, and words lose… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Today I send this message to every emerging global corporation: "justice; family, community, and union" are the same in every language and,… — Andy Stern Copy Share Image
“Our government says people must not take law in their own hands, But has given the law in the hands of people… — De philosopher DJ Kyos Copy Share Image
I won't call it UMNO anymore; this is Najib's party. I feel embarrassed that I am associated with a party that is… — Mahathir Mohamad Copy Share Image
Whatever vices and corruptions men see in the lives of their ministers will not be attributed to the depravity of their old… — John Owen Copy Share Image
That public men publish falsehoods Is nothing new. That America must accept Like the historical republics corruption and empire Has been known… — Robinson Jeffers Copy Share Image
It's very simple. If the American people care about a lot of things including corruption in government, then, in fact, if you… — Darrell Issa 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
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
The people of India have been left with the devil and the deep blue sea! If X party is corrupt, the alternative… — K S Venkataraman Copy Share Image
It is true that power corrupts. The hope at the polling stations and the actions of the elected representatives, unfortunately, often turn… — Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Copy Share Image
But when you have bad governance, of course, these resources are destroyed: The forests are deforested, there is illegal logging, there is… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
Corruption and illicit financial flows are different. But they really must be twinned. This is because, for practical purposes, it is an… — Yemi Osinbajo Copy Share Image
The whole Hollywood conception of Tibet as this peace-loving country denies the complex humanity of the Tibetan people. Their ideas exist in… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
“It’s so easy to lose faith and become lost in all of the politics of the world. That’s why we need the… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
![“I acknowledge the Roman Church to be our mother church, although defiled with some infirmities and corruptions...Let [the Papists] assure themselves, that, as I am a friend of their persons, if they be good subjects, so am I a vowed enemy, and do denounce mortal war to their errors.” quote by King James I](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dd6/king-james-i-28174_acknowledge_i-acknowledge-the-roman-church-to-be-our_2552552.jpg)
