ᐅTop143+ Best Quotes On Corruption of Power {Quote Images}

When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. — P.J. O’ Rourke

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. — Henry Kissinger

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt. — Graham Greene

To a shower of gold most things are penetrable. — Thomas Carlyle

Beware the influence of the military-industrial complex. — Dwight Eisenhower

Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power. — Eric Hoffer

He that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly become corrupt. — Samuel Johnson

The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too. — Oscar Levant

I usually accept bribes from both sides so that tainted money can never influence my decision. — Francis Bacon

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. — George Washington

Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods. — H.L. Mencken

If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already. — Bob Marley

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. — George Bernard Shaw

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times over. — Gore Vidal,

A married man with a family will do anything for money. — Talleyrand

The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws. — Tacitus

You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook. — Harry Truman

“Guilt was imputed and corruption was conveyed.” ― Gordon Clark

“In any country, corruption tends to increase when more respectable means of social advancement break down.” ― Katherine Boo

“Extremely disappointed that corruption may have reached such a level in Mexico.” ― Barry McCaffrey

“Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruption.” ― Jonathan Swift

“The only way to escape the corruptible effect of praise is to go on working.” ― Albert Einstein

“Not just charity, even corruption begins at home.” ― K Hari Kumar

“If we tackle corruption, no child would sleep hungry, there would be no injustice, every child would be in school.” ― Strive Masiyiwa

“Purity is a good mask for corruption because it discourages inquiry.” ― Steven Levitt

“Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty.” ― Edward Gibbon

“Through transparency we expose corruption, but then there is no action taken against the corrupt.” ― Aruna Roy

“When you don’t take a stand against corruption you tacitly support it.” ― Kamal Haasan

“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 power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence.” ― Thomas Jefferson

“There is no compromise when it comes to corruption. You have to fight it.” ― A. K. Antony

“The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.” ― Georges Bernanos

“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

“Money and corruption are ruining the land, crooked politicians betray the working man, pocketing the profits and treating us like sheep, and we’re tired of hearing promises that we know they’ll never keep.” ― Ray Davies

“Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it’s set a rolling it must increase.” ― Charles Caleb Colton

“Corruption is the enemy of development, and of good governance. It must be got rid of. Both the government and the people at large must come together to achieve this national objective.” ― Pratibha Patil

“Police are inevitably corrupted. … Police always observe that criminals prosper. It takes a pretty dull policeman to miss the fact that the position of authority is the most prosperous criminal position available.” ― Frank Herbert