Corruption Quote by Herbert Hoover

No public man can be just a little crooked.

— Herbert Hoover

We cannot afford to differ on the question of honesty if we expect our republic permanently to endure. Honesty is not so much a…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Shrewdness in public life all over the world is always honored, while honesty in public men is generally attributed to dumbness and is seldom…

— Will Rogers

There's as much crookedness as you want to find. There was something Abraham Lincoln said - he'd rather trust and be disappointed than distrust…

— John Wooden

A man ain't got no right to be a public man, unless he meets the public views.

— Charles Dickens

You know there's no crooked politicians. There's never a lie because there is never any truth.

— Lenny Bruce

The misdeeds of ordinary men can be buried with them, and their lives described in half-truths that are really half-lies. But not a public…

— Anna Quindlen

We need to be honest with the public.

— Mitch McConnell

A man can build a staunch reputation for honesty by admitting he was in error, especially when he gets caught at it.

— Robert Ruark

I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.

— George Washington

Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.

— Richard M. Nixon

These guys [Republicans] are the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen.

— John F. Kerry