Corruption Quotes

747 Corruption quotes by 558 unique authors

Simply that we are mirroring the trends in society, at any given time smuggling was an issue in the seventies, corruption is an issue today,… — Ajay Devgan
Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind of randomization. But chicken guts… — Ian Hacking
This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption. — Jim Hightower
All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more pernicious than any… — Alexander Herzen
To those supporters who were told that I abandoned them, that is untrue. I abandoned greed, corruption, and compromise, never you, and never the artistic… — Lauryn Hill
The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst. — David Hume
Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. When… — Atifete Jahjaga
When scrutiny is lacking, tyranny, corruption and man's baser qualities have a better chance of entering into the public business of any government. — Jacob K. Javits
Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct. — Thomas Jefferson
Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of… — Thomas Jefferson
Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations. — Thomas Jefferson
Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both. — John F. Kennedy
Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem. — Imran Khan
Children also have artistic ability, and there is wisdom in there having it! The more helpless they are, the more instructive are the examples they… — Paul Klee
The knife of corruption endangered the life of New York City. The scalpel of the law is making us well again. — Ed Koch
Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country. — Karl Kraus
It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts… — Aung San Suu Kyi
The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too. — Oscar Levant
But when you have bad governance, of course, these resources are destroyed: The forests are deforested, there is illegal logging, there is soil erosion. I… — Wangari Maathai
It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen. — George MacDonald

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