Carpet Quote by Wole Soyinka

As a president, you've got to show some example. I am disturbed for instance when I read that a candidate said, 'I will not…

— Wole Soyinka

“Come, I tell you. You have chattered enough about corruption. Now you shall look on it face to face!”

— Oscar Wilde

I have become increasingly unnerved by the depth of corruption that exists at many different levels. I'm less upset with politicians than [with] the…

— Jon Stewart

“I do not waste my time interacting with corrupt government agencies.”

— Steven Magee

This gentleman has taken on the very fashionable theme of fighting corruption and I say again: In order to fight corruption you have to…

— Vladimir Putin

“Fighting corruption will only be effective when we attack its real cause: the materialism that distorts our virtues.”

— Victor Bello Accioly

The first principle of tackling corruption is that you do not engage in it and you have the will to confront it.

— Ashraf Ghani

“When you know the government is corrupt at the outset, the smart avoid interacting with them.”

— Steven Magee

“We can't just sit on our asses and not live our lives while we're trying to expose a corrupt government.”

— C.B. Lee

When you see corruption, when you see injustice, you speak up. You don't just shut up and say it's none of my business.

— Manal al-Sharif

“Corruption is just a rude word for the autumn of a people.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Every time I see corruption, it pains me.

— Nuseir Yassin