We took advantage of [the Indians'] ignorance and inexperience to incline them the more easily toward treachery, lewdness, avarice, and every sort… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise, or, at least, to neglect persons… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise, or, at least, to neglect persons… — Adam Smith Copy Share Image
Politicians are expected to spend half their time talking to funders and to keep them happy. Given this context, it's not hard… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
“Unfaithfulness in public stations is deeply criminal [he wrote to Abigail]. But there is no encouragement to be faithful. Neither profit, nor… — David McCullough Copy Share Image
Modi is shielding and encouraging fraud-accused persons such as Gali Janardhan Reddy and Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy. He is encouraging fraudsters, both… — N. Chandrababu Naidu Copy Share Image
I think there is a serious corruption in the idea sold through advertising that you can attain spiritual peace through lifestyle and… — Edward Norton Copy Share Image
The sordid story of IRS corruption and political dirty tricks during the Obama years is widely known thanks to numerous documents and… — Tom Fitton Copy Share Image
“When people can get away with crimes just because they are wealthy or have the right connections, the scales are immediately tipped… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“The world is going to turn upside down in a way that the honest man will live uncomfortably -- while the dishonest… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Let's see in those indictments you can't level at Sweden, they never tried to ban the constitution or undermine the settlement that… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
In Minnesota, we hold our leaders to a higher standard. We demand that the men and women we send to Washington stand… — Kurt Bills Copy Share Image
Full statehood in Delhi is a larger issue as compared to anti-corruption. For, only when the Delhi government gets its anti-corruption bureau… — Atishi Copy Share Image
Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence, and ecclesiastical establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption; all of which facilitate the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The time to guard against corruption and tyranny is before they shall have gotten hold of us. It is better to keep… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Historically the first philosopher to enquire deeply into the nature of corruption in society was Ibn Khaldun (1322-1406), whose wandering life was… — Robert Payne Copy Share Image
How can one say, 'No, this isn't a part of life,' since it always is? The contaminant of sex, the redeeming corruption… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
The Swamp of Despond is that place set before the narrow gate where true and false pilgrims alike are assaulted by their… — John Bunyan Copy Share Image
Beijing's foreign investments can be coercive and exploitative - using Chinese laborers and contractors instead of local ones, saddling poorer countries with… — Antony Blinken Copy Share Image
Be present to those who, living in the midst of a society burdened by poverty and corruption, are broken in spirit, tempted… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
Corruption appears to be a universal phenomenon that lays its own imperious claims on the world, and therefore it is the duty… — Robert Payne Copy Share Image
Corruption, embezzlement, fraud, these are all characteristics which exist everywhere. It is regrettably the way human nature functions, whether we like it… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
If you'd like to meet some fully realized characters while learning some specifics of Zimbabwe's postcolonial struggles, as I did, you're likely… — Jabari Asim Copy Share Image
A great nation is not saved by wars, it is saved by acts without external picturesqueness; by speaking, writing, voting reasonably; by… — William James Copy Share Image
The weakling and the coward cannot be saved by honesty alone; but without honesty the brave and able man is merely a… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I think very poorly of United Russia. United Russia is the party of corruption, the party of crooks and thieves. And it… — Alexei Navalny Copy Share Image
The issue of corruption in the humanitarian system is not an issue which is fundamentally different from dangers of corruption in other… — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
You look across this country people are fed up with Washington. This [2016] election was the American people saying, enough already with… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
It is a great mistake to suppose that bribery and corruption, although they may be very convenient for gratifying the ambition or… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
No one involved in corruption will be spared, no matter who they are, I assure you. Whether a minister, a prince, or… — Mohammad bin Salman Copy Share Image
In vain people busy themselves with finding any good of man's own in his will. For any mixture of the power of… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
We must put an end to the corruption and systemic racism in our justice system, and that starts by electing progressive district… — Shaun King Copy Share Image
I saw money becoming more and more important everywhere. It's one of the most abstract and important inventions by human beings. At… — Costa-Gavras Copy Share Image
Where do the evils like corruption arise from? It comes from the never-ending greed. The fight for corruption-free ethical society will have… — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Copy Share Image
No nation went into oblivion or was destroyed because it had bad laws, or because its statesmen were not intelligent, but because… — Melvin J. Ballard Copy Share Image
“Question ꓽ What do you call the rulers in the developing world, including Nigeria, who, through their ungovernable greed, alarming corruption and… — Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu Copy Share Image
The energy of compassion is very strong. We suffer. That is real. But we have learned not to get angry and not… — Nhat Hanh Copy Share Image
Feast of the Holy Cross Does not every man feel, that there is corruption enough within him to drive him to the… — Charles Simeon Copy Share Image
Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there… — Atifete Jahjaga Copy Share Image
The tragedy of Eliot Spitzer is almost Greek: Ascendant son of wealth and privilege dedicates his life to social justice, warns of… — Wil S. Hylton Copy Share Image
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