Corruption Quote by Jonathan Swift Download Open image “Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruption.” — Jonathan Swift ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Corruption Politics
Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions, and consequently of no use to a good king or a good ministry;… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Corruption is when people in public office use that public office for private or selfish ends. This is one of the most central debates… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
Corruption of politics has nothing to do with the morals, or the laxity of morals, of various political personalities. Its cause is altogether a… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
Corruption is everywhere. It's not just in the Congress. Corruption is not just your prerogative or mine. — Kapil Sibal Copy Share Image
Politics is the most corrupt profession on Earth, no matter where you are. — Charles Dance 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 guilty of… — Alexei Navalny Copy Share Image
One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Time is painted with a lock before, and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for, when it is… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
“He said, he knew no reason why those who entertain opinions prejudicial to the public should be obliged to change, or should not be… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I with borrow'd silver shine, What you see is none of mine. First I show you but a quarter, Like the bow that guards… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
The best Maxim I know in this life is, to drink your Coffee when you can, and when you cannot, to be easy without… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
A forward critic often dupes us With sham quotations peri hupsos, And if we have not read Longinus, Will magisterially outshine us. Then, lest… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Ale is meat, drink and cloth; it will make a cat speak and a wise man dumb. — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
All fits of pleasure are balanced by an equal degree of pain or languor; it is like spending this year part of the next… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
We could form a government of national unity fighting corruption. The ordinary Afghan is sick and tired of it, because it's she or he… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
Right now we're concerned about budget. Right now we're concerned about the prospect of interest rate rise. We're concerned about government corruption, government handing… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
In the lead up to the Iraq war and its later conduct, I saw at a minimum, true dereliction, negligence and irresponsibility, at worse,… — Anthony Zinni Copy Share Image
“Don't let cycles of violent crimes, uncontrollable, rising cases of bloody impunity, evil puppets in a crippled judiciary, marionettes in a corrupted legislative system… — Angelica Hopes Copy Share Image
What greater weakness can there be than not to know what is the source of one's being, of one's life, of one's senses, of… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
My aim was to make money for the bank. You lose track of the amounts involved when you are engaged in this kind of… — Jerome Kerviel 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 are solutions.… — Atifete Jahjaga 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 over-rate our… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
Corruption could lead to the collapse of the Party [Communist Party of China] and the downfall of the state [People's Republic of China]. — Xi Jinping Copy Share Image
“Oh where is the noble face of modesty, or the strength of virtue, now that blasphemy is in power and men have put justice… — Euripides Copy Share Image
I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
