When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. — P.J. O’ Rourke
Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt. — Graham Greene
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
Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. — George Bernard Shaw
“In any country, corruption tends to increase when more respectable means of social advancement break down.” ― Katherine Boo
“If we tackle corruption, no child would sleep hungry, there would be no injustice, every child would be in school.” ― Strive Masiyiwa
“Through transparency we expose corruption, but then there is no action taken against the corrupt.” ― Aruna Roy
“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
“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
“It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.” — Montesquieu
“Let every attempt of corrupting you be an unwelcome opportunity, to be honest. Don’t waste it. – Corruption as a Challenge.” ― Lamine Pearlheart
“Corruption ultimately guilts the corrupt, and it hardens the innocent who suffer as a result of it. It isn’t the young who corrupt the old, rather it’s the inverse. The aim of the old should be to ensure that the young grow up incorruptible.” ― Justin K. McFarlane Beau
“It is the duty of youths to war against indiscipline and corruption because they are the leaders of tomorrow.” ― Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
“Without strong watchdog institutions, impunity becomes the very foundation upon which systems of corruption are built. And if impunity is not demolished, all efforts to bring an end to corruption are in vain.” — Rigoberta Menchú
“There are still those of us who work to overcome corruption and believe it to be possible.” — Padmé Amidala
“The hand that pockets the corrupt coin places it in the collection plate seeking absolution.” ― Stewart Stafford
“Here is a man whose life and actions the world has already condemned – yet whose enormous fortune… has already brought him acquittal!” ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
“He did not care for the lying at first. He hated it. Then later he had come to like it. It was part of being an insider but it was a very corrupting business.” ― Ernest Hemingway
“When two brothers are busy fighting, an evil man can easily attack and rob their poor mother. Mankind should always stay united, standing shoulder to shoulder so evil can never cheat and divide them.” ― Suzy Kassem
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
“A just law is crafted with thoughtful communication and factual debate, a corrupt one is forged to limit such things.” ― C.A.A. Savastano
“Governance is corrupted by politicians aspiring to become celebrities and celebrities assuming credence in governing.” ― H. Melvin James
“When self-interest supersedes public service, society collapses under the weight of corruption.” ― Ken Poirot
“A corrupt leader is leading you only because there are more corrupted people to vote for him.” ― Wangnao
“And the so-called ‘political process’ is a fraud: Our elected officials, like our bureaucratic functionaries, like even our judges, are largely the indentured servants of the commercial interests.” ― Edward Abbey
“Look at the orators in our republics; as long as they are poor, both state and people can only praise their uprightness; but once they are fattened on the public funds, they conceive a hatred for justice, plan intrigues against the people and attack the democracy.” ― Aristophanes
“To survive in a corrupt country, you need to be the son of a king or be king yourself.” ― Bangambiki Habyarimana
“As long as politics is the shadow of big business, the attenuation of the shadow will not change the substance.” ― John Dewey
“Pick a leader who is strong and confident, yet humble. Intelligent, but not sly. A leader who encourages diversity, not racism. One who understands the needs of the farmer, the teacher, the welder, the doctor, and the environmentalist — not only the banker, the oil tycoon, the weapons developer, or the insurance and pharmaceutical lobbyist.” ― Suzy Kassem
“You don’t necessarily need atomic bombs to destroy a nation. Politicians who value their pockets than the life of citizens always do that every day.” ― Israelmore Ayivor
“Corruption is a cancer, a cancer that eats away at a citizen’s faith in democracy, diminishes the instinct for innovation and creativity.” — Joe Biden
“To curb corruption, one must be courageous to confront and complain against the corrupt.” ― Amit Kalantri
“Beware of your contribution to the growing banality of evil lest you yourself become a cog in the machinery of terror.” ― Heather Marsh
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