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

“It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.” — Montesquieu

“The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.” — Kurt Cobain

“A mind funded by logic can not be corrupted.” ― Axel Voigtländer

“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

“Only the man who wishes to be corrupted will fall into evil ways.” ― Tamora Pierce

“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

“Procrastination is also a subtle act of corruption—it corrupts valuable time.” ― Dr. Amit Abraham

“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

“The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state.” ― Tacitus

“Governance is corrupted by politicians aspiring to become celebrities and celebrities assuming credence in governing.” ― H. Melvin James

“The terrorist in my life is the corrupt government.” ― Steven Magee

“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

“To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism.” ― G. Edward Griffin

“Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.” ― Henry Kissinger

“The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst.” — David Hume

“People’s indifference is the best breeding ground for corruption to grow.” — Delia Ferreira

“Corruption is paid by the poor.” — Pope Francis

“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

“When corruption is the priority, honesty becomes evil.” ― Kangoma Kindembo

“If corruption had already taken root, then good seeds must be preserved.” ― Toba Beta

“All the things of the wild have their proper uses. Only misuse makes them evil.” ― Ellis Peters