Corruption Quotes


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 Corruption 642
The first tenet is that you should report corruption regardless of loyalty to incumbent or party. Linda Tripp Corruption 236
There is no greater fraud than a promise not kept. Scottish Proverbs Corruption 230
The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end. Leon Trotsky Corruption 177
The goal of every culture is to decay through over-civilization; the factors of decadence, -- luxury, skepticism, weariness and superstition, -- are constant. The civilization of one epoch becomes the manure of the next. Cyril Connolly Corruption 169
The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference. Bess Myerson Corruption 137
I weep for the liberty of my country when I see at this early day of its successful experiment that corruption has been imputed to many members of the House of Representatives, and the rights of the people have been bartered for promises of office. Andrew Jackson Corruption 128
There is no odor so bad as that which arises from goodness tainted. Henry David Thoreau Corruption 113
Corrupt, stupid grasping functionaries will make at least as big a muddle of socialism as stupid, selfish and acquisitive employers can make of capitalism. Walter Lippmann Corruption 99
Decadence is a difficult word to use since it has become little more than a term of abuse applied by critics to anything they do not yet understand or which seems to differ from their moral concepts. Ernest Hemingway Corruption 93
Men first feel necessity, then look for utility, next attend to comfort, still later amuse themselves with pleasure, thence grow dissolute in luxury, and finally go mad and waste their substance. Giambattista Vico Corruption 91
It is a fraud to borrow what we are unable to pay. Publilius Syrus Corruption 87
But eradicating corruption is not enough to sustain a country. Eduard Shevardnadze Corruption 86
There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them. Charles Caleb Colton Corruption 82
No matter how corrupt greedy and heartless our government our corporations our media and our religious amp charitable institutions may become the music will still be wonderful. Kurt Vonnegut Corruption 82
When rich villains have need of poor ones, poor ones may make what price they will. William Shakespeare Corruption 75
Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it. Frank Herbert Corruption 74
The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means. Georges Bernanos Corruption 71
I am against government by crony. Harold L. Ickes Corruption 70
I strongly believe that the main destination of education is not to get rich only, but to be capable to identify corruptions around you. Mwanandeke Kindembo Corruption 66
The jingling of the guinea helps the hurt that Honor feels. Alfred Lord Tennyson Corruption 62
I want to rid the country of corruption and return our economic environment. Nestor Kirchner Corruption 60
The sun shineth upon the dunghill, and is not corrupted. John Lyly Corruption 59
Dear Government... Im going to have a serious talk with you if I ever find anyone to talk to. Stieg Larsson Corruption 58
Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance. John Henry Newman Corruption 56
The bad apples are at the top. They enjoy murdering the innocent people. James Dye Corruption 48
We have perhaps a natural fear of ends. We would rather be always on the way than arrive. Given the means, we hang on to them and often forget the ends. Eric Hoffer Corruption 46
Power wrongly used defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed. Wally Lamb Corruption 45
Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist. Edmund Burke Corruption 42
Powerlust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind. Ayn Rand Corruption 41
Innocence eroded into nightmare. All because of very bad touch. Love corrupted. Ellen Hopkins Corruption 37
I think we need to start with Philadelphia and make sure that we actually get some election reform in Philadelphia. Actually, a recent election was thrown out by a federal judge because of corruption with the voting process in Philadelphia. Patrick McHenry Corruption 37
Theres a relentless wave of WTF coming out of Washington DC. Jarod Kintz Corruption 34
To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism. G. Edward Griffin Corruption 32
The USA has become government by the highest bidder because USA voters do not hold politicians accountable. Don Mashak Corruption 30
Every civilization when it loses its inner vision and its cleaner energy, falls into a new sort of sordidness, more vast and more stupendous than the old savage sort. An Augean stable of metallic filth. D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence Corruption 29
If absolute power corrupts absolutely where does that leave God George Deacon Corruption 25

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