Corruption Quotes - page 4

The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference. (Bess Myerson)
The corruption of freedom is in proportion to the moral deterioration of the people. For a people who have lost their sense of self-respect have no need for freedom. And the income tax, by transferring the property of earners to the State, has disintegrated the moral fiber of Americans to such a degree that they do not even recognize the fact. View quote
Frank Chodorov
Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions. When there is no sharing of power, no rule of law, no accountability, there is abuse, corruption, subjugation and indignation. View quote
Atifete Jahjaga
There is no compromise when it comes to corruption. You have to fight it. View quote
A. K. Antony
All my life I have fought corruption. View quote
A. K. Antony
Still, corruption and oppression are far too common threats to the democratic society. View quote
Anna Lindh
Public office is supposed to be a public trust. This is a clear sign of the rampant corruption at the highest levels of the Republican leadership. View quote
Bob Etheridge
Then there is the worst part of Christianity, which is awful: power, corruption, manipulation... But then again, these feature are ever present in any organization. View quote
Bruce Kent
Feast of the Holy Cross Does not every man feel, that there is corruption enough within him to drive him to the commission of the greatest enormities, and eternally to destroy his soul? View quote
Charles Simeon
In the final analysis, the incident is seen as originating from an emotional expression of the frustration and anger of the proud people of China who had been subject to ever increasing oppression from without and decadent corruption from within. View quote
Chen-Ning Yang
It's very simple. If the American people care about a lot of things including corruption in government, then, in fact, if you use the power to appoint in order to do political business, to clear fields, to save your party money and so on, if it's not a crime - and I believe it is - it certainly is business as usual, politics of corruption. (Darrell Issa)
A vibrant civil society can challenge those in power by documenting corruption or uncovering activities like the murder of political enemies. In democracies, this function is mostly performed by the media, NGOs or opposition parties. View quote
Evgeny Morozov
The fight for justice against corruption is never easy. It never has been and never will be. It exacts a toll on our self, our families, our friends, and especially our children. In the end, I believe, as in my case, the price we pay is well worth holding on to our dignity. View quote
Frank Serpico
Dictators cause the world's worst problems: all the collapsed states, and all the devastated economies. All the vapid cases of corruption, grand theft, and naked plunder of the treasury are caused by dictators, leaving in their wake trails of wanton destruction, horrendous carnage and human debris. View quote
George Ayittey
The kind of corruption the media talk about, the kind the Supreme Court was concerned about, involves the putative sale of votes in exchange for campaign contributions. View quote
James L. Buckley
This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at all, by finding ways to encourage legislators to subordinate ambition to principle. View quote
James L. Buckley
What people fail to appreciate is that the currency of corruption in elective office is, not money, but votes. View quote
James L. Buckley
I have always been fascinated by the corruption of power. View quote
Joe Eszterhas
Therefore, until the day I die, I am going to do what I can, regardless of the cost to me, to try to stop this awful corruption that is destroying our beloved democracy. View quote
John Jay Hooker
Over the last decade, at considerable cost to me in money and effort, confronted with ridicule and intimidation, I have brought more than a dozen lawsuits challenging the corruption in the election process in Tennessee. View quote
John Jay Hooker
When scrutiny is lacking, tyranny, corruption and man's baser qualities have a better chance of entering into the public business of any government. (Jacob K. Javits)
We begin the path toward defeating Mexico's real adversary, who represents authoritarianism and the worst antidemocratic practice, who represents a return to corruption as a system and impunity as conviction. That adversary is Pena Nieto and his party. View quote
Josefina Vazquez Mota
In any country, corruption tends to increase when more respectable means of social advancement break down. View quote
Katherine Boo
The first tenet is that you should report corruption regardless of loyalty to incumbent or party. View quote
Linda Tripp
The two greatest priorities for my government are tackling tax evasion and corruption. View quote
Mario Monti