Corruption exists because there is too much, not too little, market. — Ha-Joon Chang Copy Share Image
Trade it may help, society extend, But lures the Pirate, ant corrupts the friend: It raises armies in a nation's aid, But… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
“All the devils in hell and tempters on earth could do us no injury if there were no corruption in our own… — C.H. Spurgeon Copy Share Image
In ancient Israel and Rome the judge had appeared as a stand-in for the divine, and corruption was a blinding of the… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
I have the courage of youth, and I'm not afraid of anything. My only enemies are illegality and corruption. — Alessandra Mussolini Copy Share Image
Corruption never has been compulsory; when the cities lie at the monster's feet there are left the mountains. — Robinson Jeffers Copy Share Image
When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice, you may know that your society is doomed — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
...when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I hope the true public servants learn from this that they should not be afraid and they will get incredible grass-roots support… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
I am saying the same to Muslims in the global South, telling them: "Just ignore what is done." However, in the Southern… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
“Just like freedom, Truth is not cheap. Yet both are worth more than all the gold in the world. But what is… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
Until someone is prepared to lay out the systemic problem, we will simply go through cycles of finding corruption, finding a scapegoat,… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
Our body is a vessel of corruption; it is meant for death and for the worms, nothing more! And yet we devote… — John Vianney Copy Share Image
The only perfect circle on the human body is the eye. When a baby is born it's so perfect, but when it… — Richey Edwards Copy Share Image
In the corrupted currents of this word offence's gilded hand may solve by justice, and oft, tis seen the wicked prize itself… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
In 2004, I wrote 'What We've Lost,' a book about the Bush administration. It sold only reasonably well, in part, I think,… — Graydon Carter Copy Share Image
Corruption is a major cause of poverty as well as a barrier to overcoming it, .. The two scourges feed off each… — Peter Eigen Copy Share Image
“The most dangerous people in the world are not the tiny minority instigating evil acts, but those who do the acts for… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
“The word corruption does not arouse the moral revulsion that it should. We think of it as more a nuisance than a… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
In a state of tranquility, wealth, and luxury, our descendants would forget the arts of war and the noble activity and zeal… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
“Forget the politicians. The politicians are put there to give you the idea you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“Today I wore a pair of faded old jeans and a plain grey baggy shirt. I hadn't even taken a shower, and… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
When corruption is king, there is no accountability of leadership and no trust in authority. Society devolves to the basic units of… — Nuhu Ribadu Copy Share Image
From the earliest ages of history to the present day there have never been thirteen millions of people associated in one political… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
Notwithstanding the trouble, notwithstanding the argument, notwithstanding the increasingly heavy hand of government, notwithstanding the spirit of arrogance we so often display,… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
“Government corruption made it possible to obtain authentic passports and visas, which were much more reliable than fake ones.” — Kenneth Eade Copy Share Image
People want to work with somebody who feels shame, who worries about the perceptions of others. Dishonesty is something we don't like… — Frans de Waal Copy Share Image
Real change begins with ridding Washington of corruption, of which there's plenty going around. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
There is something in corruption which, like a jaundiced eye, transfers the color of itself to the object it looks upon, and… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“The death of those considered expendable to achieve such goals only leaves blood to drown the earth with the memory of corruption… — Tami Egonu Copy Share Image
Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance. — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
The lust of gold succeeds the rage of conquest; The lust of gold, unfeeling and remorseless! The last corruption of degenerate man. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I have tried my hand at bribery, blackmail, and deceit. And I've served time for everything, cept beggin on the street. — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
For as long as I am alive, I will not rest in my desire to lead my people out of an abyss… — Fawzia Koofi Copy Share Image
Everyone says corruption is everywhere, but for me it seems strange to say that and then not try to put the people… — Alexei Navalny Copy Share Image
Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of the young.… — Malcolm Bradbury Copy Share Image
You like orchids?... Nasty things. Their flesh is too much like the flesh of men, their perfume has the rotten sweetness of… — William Faulkner Copy Share Image
“It only too often yields to the temptation to become sycophantic, opportunist and lying, like a politician who sees the truth but… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
Luxury... corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness. — Henri Rousseau Copy Share Image
