Quotes about Corruption

Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today. Votes: 6

Corruption is a cancer that steals from the poor, eats away at governance and moral fibre and destroys trust. Votes: 6

The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means. Votes: 5

Corruption hates what is not corrupt. Votes: 4

Corruption is a true enemy to development. Votes: 4

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. Votes: 4

If the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged. Votes: 4

Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today. Votes: 4

Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country. Votes: 4

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. Votes: 4

Corruption makes greatness rupture Votes: 3

Discernment: Corruption's worst enemy. Votes: 3

Corruption never has been compulsory. Votes: 3

Corruption is not a Canadian value! Votes: 3

Corruption is simply crime without conscience. Votes: 3

Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty. Votes: 3

The duty of youth is to challenge corruption. Votes: 3

Corruption can only prosper with a people's ignore-ance. Votes: 3

Washington's Corruption and Mendacity Is What Makes America 'Exceptional' Votes: 3

Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist. Votes: 3

Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy. Votes: 3

Corruption is no stranger to Washington; it is a famous resident. Votes: 3

Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem. Votes: 3

Time Is Speeding Up In Relation To Corruption. Hold On Tight. Votes: 3

Corruption exists because there is too much, not too little, market. Votes: 3

Corruption is government intrusion into market efficiencies in the form of regulations. Votes: 3

I want either less corruption, or more chance to participate in it. Votes: 3

I want to rid the country of corruption and return our economic environment. Votes: 3

Corruption often exists because there are too many market forces, not too few. Votes: 3

Corruption is Africa's greatest problem. Not poverty. Not lack of riches. Not racism. Votes: 3

Still, corruption and oppression are far too common threats to the democratic society. Votes: 3

Corruption is not a problem just for some countries; this is a global issue. Votes: 3

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power. Votes: 3

No pen can give an adequate description of the all-pervading corruption produced by slavery. Votes: 3

Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase. Votes: 3

Corruption is one of the most common reasons I hear in views that criticize aid. Votes: 3

Love thyself last, cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Votes: 3

Corruption, money laundering, and tax evasion are global problems, not just challenges for developing countries. Votes: 3

People exaggerate Corruption in Nigeria. It is not even our first or second problem, maybe the third Votes: 3

Corruption never has been compulsory; when the cities lie at the monster's feet there are left the mountains. Votes: 3

Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Votes: 3

Protesting is never a disturbance of the peace. Corruption, injustice, war and intimidation are disturbances of the peace. Votes: 3

The winner must promote social jusitce, remove corruption and discrmination, and stand against political, cultural and economic plots. Votes: 3

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay. Votes: 3

What people fail to appreciate is that the currency of corruption in elective office is, not money, but votes. Votes: 3

Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both. Votes: 3

What's it like to be a living legend? A lot fucking better than being a dead oneGeordie Selwyn, Appetite for Corruption Votes: 3

Corruption has its own motivations, and one has to thoroughly study that phenomenon and eliminate the foundations that allow corruption to exist. Votes: 3

Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. Votes: 3

Corruption could lead to the collapse of the Party [Communist Party of China] and the downfall of the State [People's Republic of China]. Votes: 3

Corruption is another tax on the consumer and it is the Maltese families who are forking the money to make up for such corruptions. Votes: 3

For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism. It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian. Votes: 3

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen. Votes: 3

Corruption is one of the greatest enemies of progress in our time. It is the cancer at the heart of so many of the world's problems. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

In search of love and music My whole life has been Illumination Corruption And diving, diving, diving, diving, Diving down to pick up every shiny thing Votes: 3

Corruption at every level, city, state, federal, all has helped in making New Orleans a disaster area, the most disappearing land mass on the planet Earth. Votes: 3

Corruption of politics has nothing to do with the morals, or the laxity of morals, of various political personalities. Its cause is altogether a material one. Votes: 3

Corruption springs from light: 'tis one same power Creates, preserves, destroys; matter whereon It works, on e'er self-transmutative form, Common to now the living, now the dead. Votes: 3

In some of the countries where we operate, there is a tradition of corruption, in which the political elites work with business in the framework of unsavory relationships. Votes: 3

Corruption is a tree, whose branches are Of an immeasurable length: they spread Ev'rywhere; and the dew that drops from thence Hath infected some chairs and stools of authority. Votes: 3

In the acceptance of depravity the sense of the past is most truly captured. What is a ruin but time easing itself of endurance? Corruption is the Age of Time. Votes: 3

Simply that we are mirroring the trends in society, at any given time smuggling was an issue in the seventies, corruption is an issue today, and we faithfully reflect those issues. Votes: 3

Corruption of morals is rapid enough in any country without a bounty from government. And...the Chief Magistrate of the United States should be the last man to accelerate its progress. Votes: 3

Corruption has reached an unacceptable level. It devours resources that could be devoted to the citizens. It impedes the proper carrying out of market rules and penalizes the honest and capable. Votes: 3

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. Votes: 3

When any one person or body of men seize into their hands the power in the last resort, there is properly no longer a government, but what Aristotle and his followers call the abuse and corruption of one. Votes: 3

In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous. Votes: 2

Fighting corruption is not just good governance. It's self-defense. It's patriotism. Votes: 2

Sometimes corruption is slowed by shedding light into what was previously shadowed. Votes: 2

There is no compromise when it comes to corruption. You have to fight it. Votes: 2

We must weed out corruption and build a strong system of justice that the people can trust. Votes: 2

When leaders are no longer beholden to the people who elected them, corruption results and the recruitment of extremists becomes easier. Votes: 2

What saddens me is the corruption of youth and beauty, and the loss of soul, which is only replaced by money. Votes: 2

The government is so out of control. It is so bloated and infested with fraud and deceit and corruption and abuse of power. Votes: 2

For an adult, the world is constantly trying to clamp down on itself. Routine, responsibility, decay of institutions, corruption: this is all the world closing in. Votes: 2

This world is very good as if we do good deeds then we will get its fruits. World is bitter for those who are live their life with corruption or sins. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in the politics of when to go to bed; he who fears corruption fears life. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

We must uphold the fighting of tigers and flies at the same time, resolutely investigating law-breaking cases of leading officials and also earnestly resolving the unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems which happen all around people. Votes: 2

The Philippines is a country in which a man of morals can't be president, in which a politician who hasn't been linked to any wrongdoing isn't assumed to be honest, but merely better at hiding his corruption. Votes: 2

If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher. Votes: 2

All religions have based morality on obedience, that is to say, on voluntary slavery. That is why they have always been more pernicious than any political organization. For the latter makes use of violence, the former - of the corruption of the will. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

I returned to India because I believe in an India of honesty and hard work, not of corruption and crookedness. I believe in an India of openness and straightforwardness, not of hypocrisy and double-dealing. I believe in an India where opportunities are available to all, and not just to a chosen few. Votes: 2

For all the tough talk about China during the presidential debates, Romney and Obama evaded any mention of China's suspect human rights record, corruption, and rule of law. By not tackling these controversial topics, the candidates are protecting a strategic partnership with China at the expense of essential human values and beliefs. Votes: 2

We've seen over time that countries that have the best economic growth are those that have good governance, and good governance comes from freedom of communication. It comes from ending corruption. It comes from a populace that can go online and say, 'This politician is corrupt, this administrator, or this public official is corrupt.' Votes: 2

the corruption of the best is the worst ... Votes: 1

Putin sought to keep Ukraine weak through corruption. Votes: 1

Elected on anti-corruption platform in 1978. Votes: 0

Reject every form of corruption. Votes: 0

Realism is a corruption of reality. Votes: 0

Transparency in government leads to reduced corruption. Votes: 0

Fighting corruption is not a one-night affair. Votes: 0

Purity without balance is its own corruption. Votes: 0

Hillary Clinton embodies the corruption of Washington. Votes: 0

Guilt was imputed and corruption was conveyed Votes: 0

When you fight corruption, it fights back. Votes: 0

I'm sure corruption in Chechnya is minimal. Votes: 0

Salaries are a huge area of corruption. Votes: 0

All my life I have fought corruption. Votes: 0

Will make Delhi a corruption-free , world class city. Votes: 0

Ecclesiastical establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption Votes: 0

Christianity, alcohol the two great means of corruption. Votes: 0

Those who fight corruption should be clean themselves. Votes: 0

The bigger the government, the greater the corruption Votes: 0

No government functions without the grease of corruption. Votes: 0

Let's fight against corruption for a better India Votes: 0

Not just charity, even corruption begins at home. Votes: 0

Not just charity, even corruption begins at home. Votes: 0

The corruption of the American soul is consumerism. Votes: 0

We now have a national reputation for corruption. Votes: 0

Hygiene is the corruption of medicine by morality. Votes: 0

Memory all to easily accommodates the corruption of regret. Votes: 0

Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality. Votes: 0

We mustn't hesitate to cut corruption at its roots. Votes: 0

It is more important to detect corruption than fiction. Votes: 0

Communism is the corruption of a dream of justice. Votes: 0

The worst affected from corruption is the common man. Votes: 0

There is no corruption but mere stealing in Nigeria Votes: 0

Today, there is a large scale corruption in Gujarat. Votes: 0

Contradiction is the salt which keeps truth from corruption Votes: 0

The boxing world is full of all kinds of corruption. Votes: 0

But laughter is weakness, corruption, the foolishness of our flesh. Votes: 0

Unfortunately, corruption is widespread in government agencies and public enterprises. Votes: 0

Republicans cannot be trusted to end the culture of corruption, Votes: 0

I have always been fascinated by the corruption of power. Votes: 0

The state is obliged to fight corruption within the government. Votes: 0

But eradicating corruption is not enough to sustain a country. Votes: 0

In our corruption we perceive beauties unrevealed to ancient times. Votes: 0

I see corruption as a mortal enemy for young democracies. Votes: 0

He could smell her morality, the sweet rot of corruption Votes: 0

Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption, also. Votes: 0

Purity is a good mask for corruption because it discourages inquiry. Votes: 0

Oil-for-food shows the need for reform. There was fraud, corruption, mismanagement Votes: 0

Both political parties have a richly vested interest in corporate corruption. Votes: 0

To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism. Votes: 0

REJECT ALL FORMS OF CORRUPTION THAT DIVERT RESOURCES FROM THE POOR Votes: 0

We cannot build an economy where corruption is the working capital Votes: 0

I will be happy with certainly when the corruption index improve. Votes: 0

The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language. Votes: 0

We must fight against negativeness - especially bureaucracy, corruption and wastefulness. Votes: 0

The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst. Votes: 0

Hillary Clinton's life has been filled with corruption but nobody cares. Votes: 0

The corruption of people is to behave in an inhuman way. Votes: 0

Since when has corruption everywhere, homes, streets, offices, become a Nigerian factor Votes: 0

Extremely disappointed that corruption may have reached such a level in Mexico. Votes: 0

The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference. Votes: 0

Moral cowardice and intellectual corruption are the natural concomitants of unchallenged privilege. Votes: 0

Contracting corruption has been around since the construction of the Appian Way. Votes: 0

The crisis of community has its source in the corruption of character. Votes: 0

We have a circle of corruption and impunity that is too strong. Votes: 0

There is no part of the world where corruption is absolutely eliminated. Votes: 0

Hypocrisy is the audacity to preach integrity from a den of corruption. Votes: 0

The inherent corruption of man can often bring down the best system. Votes: 0

It is purity of spirit that will keep corruption from the flesh Votes: 0

Whenever there are some who have more opportunities than others, this feeds corruption. Votes: 0

The starting point of sanctification is the filthiness, corruption, or stain of sin. Votes: 0

Blest paper-credit! last and best supply! That lends corruption lighter wings to fly! Votes: 0

The two greatest priorities for my government are tackling tax evasion and corruption. Votes: 0

The use of history as therapy means the corruption of history as history. Votes: 0

Nothing, absolutely nothing, was above corruption so long as human beings were involved. Votes: 0

Nietzsche's accomplishment is that he permits us to see corruption from the inside. Votes: 0

One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption. Votes: 0

Wrong views about holiness are generally traceable to wrong views about human corruption. Votes: 0

Under government ownership corruption can flourish just as rankly as under private ownership. Votes: 0

Spirituality is allowing compassion and love to flourish. When belongness begins, corruption ends. Votes: 0

It's interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant. Votes: 0

Work is the only thing I do to escape the corruption of praise. Votes: 0

We see violence to forcibly seize land, at any price, murders and corruption. Votes: 0

The corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances. Votes: 0

All institutions are prone to corruption and to the vices of their members. Votes: 0

Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace. Votes: 0

It starts with organizing the corruption and it ends with organizing the terror. Votes: 0

It`s corruption never been systemic, because a fish rots from the head Votes: 0

I did not make any big speeches but acted upon working against corruption. Votes: 0

I like organised things. I don't like the corruption and slowness of Greece. Votes: 0

The givers of most of the corruption in Africa are from outside Africa. Votes: 0

No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power. Votes: 0

Real change begins with ridding Washington of corruption, of which there's plenty going around. Votes: 0

The way to end corruption is a progressive, policy driven state with proper implementation. Votes: 0

Education is a vast sea of lies, waste, corruption, crackpot theorizing, and careerist log-rolling. Votes: 0

We do not need international help to stop corruption, we need strong Louisiana Leadership. Votes: 0

Economic losses like this are really as serious a problem as embezzlement and corruption. Votes: 0

Procrastination is also a subtle act of corruption – it corrupts valuable time Votes: 0

Senator Chris Dodd unveiled his plan to reduce corruption in the Senate. He's retiring. Votes: 0

All Earthquakes and Disasters are warnings; there’s too much corruption in the world Votes: 0

We have to continue to confront the challenge of corruption within the public service. Votes: 0

A soldier's time is passed in distress and danger, or in idleness and corruption. Votes: 0

Based on my experience, I can say that India country can be freed of corruption. Votes: 0

Art is community's medicine for that worst disease of the mind, the corruption of consciousness Votes: 0

War is both the product of an earlier corruption, and a producer of new corruptions. Votes: 0

I believed that a husband must necessarily be an angel, impossible of corruption or contamination. Votes: 0

Whoever looks at America will see: the ship is powered by stupidity, corruption, or prejudice, Votes: 0

The government is asleep - there is a big administrative corruption everywhere in its institutions Votes: 0

Whoever looks at America will see: the ship is powered by stupidity, corruption, or prejudice. Votes: 0

The corruption in reporting starts very early. It's like the police reporting on the police. Votes: 0

Research shows the presence of women raises the standards of ethical behavior and lowers corruption. Votes: 0

Do not think that you can fight corruption without while you let corruption fester within. Votes: 0

Screw ambiguity. Perversion and corruption masquerade as ambiguity. I don`t trust ambiguity. John Wayne Votes: 0

If you talk about corruption, you can talk about a lot of things in life. Votes: 0

Through transparency we expose corruption, but then there is no action taken against the corrupt. Votes: 0

He who is extravagant will quickly become poor; and poverty will enforce dependence, and invite corruption. Votes: 0

Patrimonial capitalism's legacy is that many people see reform as a euphemism for corruption and self-dealing. Votes: 0

In general, corruption tends to exist whenever governments have favors to extend, or something to sell. Votes: 0

The pharmaceutical corporations are engaged in the systematic corruption of the medical profession, country by country Votes: 0

The first tenet is that you should report corruption regardless of loyalty to incumbent or party. Votes: 0

In any country, corruption tends to increase when more respectable means of social advancement break down. Votes: 0

A just cause should need no interpretation yet flounders when confronted by self- interest and corruption. Votes: 0

There is no systematic corruption in FIFA. That is nonsense. We are financially clean and clear. Votes: 0

Prostitution and corruption are two things that mankind has had to live with for so long. Votes: 0

Ethiopia did not have the same problem [of corruption]. African leaders looked at us with envy. Votes: 0

There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than through the corruption of language Votes: 0

You need a high degree of corruption or a very big heart to love absolutely everything Votes: 0

The world is full of corruption, and deceit, and deviltry — chock full of it. Votes: 0

One of the things about federal politics is that it has been remarkably free of corruption. Votes: 0

The level of corruption in a country is determined by the value systems of that country. Votes: 0

The science only perpetuates the vicious cycle of cronyism, power-mongering, influence peddling, corruption, bureaucracy, all of that. Votes: 0

We have to address individual acts of corruption. This is a necessary approach. Go after these individuals. Votes: 0

It is awful hard to get people interested in corruption unless they can get some of it. Votes: 0

In youth, in middle age, and now after many battles, I find nothing in me but corruption. Votes: 0

Next to the commodities of corruption, and religion, however, Nigeria is the world capital of rumour mongering. Votes: 0

Political corruption, social greed, and Americanized quasi-socialism can ruin even the most wonderful places. California proved that. Votes: 0

The time to guard against corruption and tyranny is before they shall have gotten hold of us. Votes: 0

There is an interesting interplay between power corrupting and corruption empowering. The causality does not go one way. Votes: 0

Photography does not create eternity, as art does; it embalms time, rescuing it simply from its proper corruption. Votes: 0

When it comes to governments and corporations, we should demand that less is secret. That's where corruption flowers. Votes: 0

The most ingenious men are now agreed, that [universities] are only nurseries of prejudice, corruption, barbarism, and pedantry. Votes: 0

Today many of these selfish politicians are preying on the nation itself - (belching corruption and farting discontent!) Votes: 0

The Word of God proves the truth of religion; the corruption of man, its necessity; government, its advantages. Votes: 0

If you can sense the corruption in me, it is ... because there's a dose of it in you. Votes: 0

This is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption. Votes: 0

When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy. Votes: 0

To confront criminals, we need to finish with corruption. If we don't do this, there is no hope. Votes: 0

He that accuses all mankind of corruption ought to remember that he is sure to convict only one. Votes: 0

Every penny of the $7 billion going to Africa as per Obama will be stolen - corruption is rampant! Votes: 0

As a poet, there is only one political duty, and that is to defend one's language from corruption. Votes: 0

I would like to end world hunger and create world peace, stop corruption, stop drugs getting to kids. Votes: 0

People who are tired of K Street corruption and Wall Street greed are ready for Main Street Values. Votes: 0

In Kurosawa's films, the tragedy is that this strong man was crushed by corruption or mistrust at the end. Votes: 0

Sedentary culture is the goal of civilization. It means the end of its lifespan and brings about its corruption. Votes: 0

If vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary power cannot be established. Votes: 0

...All endeavours which are directed to a purely worldly end...contain within themselves the germs of their own corruption. Votes: 0

It`s an absolute abomination. Whether intentional corruption or mismanagement , it seems like FEMA is just a money pit. Votes: 0

When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice, you may know that your society is doomed Votes: 0

The sanctity of womanhood is incompatible with social liberty and social claims; and for a woman emancipation means corruption. Votes: 0

I feel sick and disempowered, betrayed, angry and crushed by the corruption of all that I know is right. Votes: 0

Wall Street is broken for sure because it succumbed to greed and corruption and pure speculation with no values. Votes: 0

The time has come to tell the truth about the corruption of the government employee unions in this country. Votes: 0

The origin of corruption in politics is surely in the thought that you are the bearer of ultimate virtue. Votes: 0

In the Mexico we want, there is no room for corruption, for cover-ups, and least of all for impunity. Votes: 0

It is the duty of youths to war against indiscipline and corruption because they are the leaders of tomorrow. Votes: 0

Deeper state intervention in an economy means that bureaucratic waste, inefficiency and corruption are more likely to hold back growth. Votes: 0

I have always taken measures to fight corruption, to attract investment, to create a better context for investment in Greece. Votes: 0

No man who is corrupt, no man who condones corruption in others, can possibly do his duty by the community. Votes: 0

Our epoch has been called the century of work. It is in fact the century of pain, misery and corruption. Votes: 0

The affectation of some late authors to introduce and multiply cant words is the most ruinous corruption in any language. Votes: 0

The greatest measure of the nineteenth century was passed by corruption, aided and abetted by the purest man in America. Votes: 0

If parasitism, favoritism, corruption, and greed for the unearned did not exist, a mixed economy would bring them into existence. Votes: 0

The fact that the ministerial conspiracy against liberty had risen from corruption was of the utmost importance to the colonists. Votes: 0

I think very poorly of United Russia. United Russia is the party of corruption, the party of crooks and thieves. Votes: 0

People talk about immigration, but they won't talk about the corruption that actually exists between Mexico and the U.S. Votes: 0

But how is the artist to protect himself against the corruption of the age which besets him on all sides? Votes: 0

If there's anything to learn from the history of movies, it's that corruption leads to further corruption, not to innocence. Votes: 0

We know that the wages of secrecy are corruption. We know that in secrecy, error undetected will flourish and subvert. Votes: 0

[I]f vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary power cannot be established. Votes: 0

Truly, as the ancients taught us, there is nothing under the moon, however fine, that is not subject to corruption. Votes: 0

All the problems of the world - child labor, corruption - are symptoms of a spiritual disease: lack of compassion. Votes: 0

If ever this vast country is brought under a single government, it will be one of the most extensive corruption. Votes: 0

2014 Lok Sabha Elections is a battle between good governance agenda of the NDA versus the misgovernance and corruption of the UPA. Votes: 0

Credulity is the common failing of inexperienced virtue and he who is spontaneously suspicious may justly be charged with radical corruption Votes: 0

Everyone needs to understand that my work addresses existing problems, and one of the crucial problems in Russia today is corruption. Votes: 0

Besides being a prime cause of poor economic growth, poor governance breeds corruption, which cripples investment, wastes resources, and diminishes confidence. Votes: 0

I believe that much of the maladjustment in our societies is caused, not by malevolence and corruption, but simply by ignorance. Votes: 0

Credulity is the common failing of inexperienced virtue; and he who is spontaneously suspicious may justly be charged with radical corruption. Votes: 0

Heaven doesn't only teach humans about virtue and divinity.It also shows us about politics and corruption; and that's a fact. Votes: 0

At this time of year it's easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity - the lies, the corruption, the abuse. Votes: 0

The knife of corruption endangered the life of New York City. The scalpel of the law is making us well again. Votes: 0

The desire to gain wealth and the fear to lose it are our chief breeders of cowardice and propagators of corruption. Votes: 0

It is not fair to those who fight corruption that they have to fight the aggressiveness, the impunity of the corrupt. Votes: 0

Where civilization entailed the corruption of barbarian virtues and the creation of dependent people, I decided, I was opposed to civilization. Votes: 0

Dealing with corruption and staying calm is a talent most of us in India have mastered and learnt to live with. Votes: 0

From experience I can say that we can make our nation corruption free. Only promises won't help...Irade Nek Hone Chahiye. Votes: 0

Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance. Votes: 0

Defend your leadership roles with your true character. Never attack your own aspirations with corruption and unfaithfulness! Keep calm and be honest! Votes: 0

On all things created remaineth the half-effaced signature of God, Somewhat of fair and good, though blotted by the finger of corruption. Votes: 0

Idleness leads to relaxation, sooner or later bringing about ideological and material corruption, accompanied by lack of discipline, anarchy chaos and defeat. Votes: 0

When we say Bharat Vijay Rally, we intend to focus on making India emerge victorious over price rise, corruption, unemployment and mis-governance. Votes: 0

The lust of gold succeeds the rage of conquest; The lust of gold, unfeeling and remorseless! The last corruption of degenerate man. Votes: 0

Leaders say no to corruption. Anyone playing a role in governance, and is not ready to do this is not a leader. Votes: 0

It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption. Votes: 0

As long as we fail to face up to the past and deal with it accordingly, the future will smack of corruption. Votes: 0

There are wars, there's pestilence, there are plagues, there is corruption in religious circles, corruption in the government, when was it not? Votes: 0

There seems to be less obvious corruption in city government and New York politicians, they aren't Republican or Democrat, they're New Yorkers. Votes: 0

It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption. Votes: 0

The Bible is the only force known to history that has freed enitre nations from corruption while simultaneously giving them political freedom. Votes: 0

When we look at a conflict, it is so often rooted in injustice, prejudice, competition for resources, poverty, poor governance and corruption. Votes: 0

It is my hope that the pagan media and academic establishment will implode on the force of its own corruption and stagnation. Votes: 0

The hydra of corruption is only scotched, not dead. An investigation kills and it and its supporters dead. Let this be had. Votes: 0

The worst prisons were not constructed of warped steel and stone. They were carved out of expectations and lies, judgment and corruption. Votes: 0

Everything is in a state of metamorphosis. Thou thyself art in everlasting change and in corruption to correspond; so is the whole universe. Votes: 0

When a religion or ideology becomes dominant, the lack of controls will result in widening spirals of license leading to degradation and corruption. Votes: 0

When scrutiny is lacking, tyranny, corruption and man's baser qualities have a better chance of entering into the public business of any government. Votes: 0

Now, Spitzer was an anti-crime crusader cracking down on prostitution and Wall Street corruption. So some people were looking to take him down. Votes: 0

If the Internet is worth its salt, it has to help arrest the forces that promote inequality, monopoly, hypercommercialism, corruption, depoliticization and stagnation. Votes: 0

No one can fight corruption for Nigerians except Nigerians. Everyone has to be committed from the top to the bottom to fight it. Votes: 0

Today, to allege corruption seems to be the pastime of most people. All kinds of allegations are leveled. I think it is self-defeating. Votes: 0

You like orchids?... Nasty things. Their flesh is too much like the flesh of men, their perfume has the rotten sweetness of corruption. Votes: 0

Books are savaged and careers destroyed by surly snots who write anonymous reviews and publishers can't be bothered to protest this institutionalized corruption. Votes: 0

It is a moral achievement on the part of the doctor who ought not to let himself be repelled by sickness and corruption. Votes: 0

The horror of incest is not in the sexual act. but in the exploitation of children and the corruption of parental love. p4 Votes: 0

The corruption in Iraq has nothing to do with ideas - it has to do with the regime and institutional structures and power. Votes: 0

Since politics — until recently — has been a man’s world, men, as a whole are responsible for its corruption. Votes: 0

Today, to allege corruption seems to be the pastime of most people. All kinds of allegations are leveled. I think it is self-defeating." Votes: 0

I used to look down on the world for being corrupt, but now I adore it for the utter magnificence of that corruption. Votes: 0

The more there is scandal and corruption in Washington, the better it is for McCain, so he`s at a high point right now. Votes: 0

I hate ingratitude more in a man than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness, or any taint of vice whose strong corruption inhabits our frail blood". Votes: 0

That by 1774 the final crisis of the constitution, brought on by political and social corruption, had been reached was, to most informed colonists, evident; ... Votes: 0

The bureaucracy has grown such powerful roots in Russia, and corruption is so widespread, that people from opposition have no interest in changing anything. Votes: 0

Naked power has its limitations, since power is a generator of corruption and corruption in its turn tends to dilute the effectiveness of power. Votes: 0

Corporate corruption has ecological merits. It's helping to preserve that species known as Democrats - thought to be endangered as recently as the year 2000. Votes: 0

...when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost. Votes: 0

Yes, I am calling for an intellectual revolution that sweeps away the corruption, absurdity and error, which prevail in morals, customs, traditions, and doctrines. Votes: 0

6 weeks since the Rapture "Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption." Corinthians 15:50" Votes: 0

Over 70% of what are called corruption (cases), even by EFCC (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) and other anti-corruption agencies, is not corruption, but common stealing, Votes: 0

There's probably no one so easily bribed, but he lacks even the fundamental honesty of honorable corruption. He doesn't stay bribed; not for any sum. Votes: 0

Our government is built upon the vote. But votes that are purchasable are quicksands, and a government built on them stands upon corruption and revolution. Votes: 0

The word "independence" is united to the accessory ideas of dignity and virtue. The word "dependence" is united to the ideas of inferiority and corruption. Votes: 0

The people are fed up with corruption and embezzlement. They object to censorship. The first thing that the people of Iran want is free elections. Votes: 0

I have become increasingly unnerved by the depth of corruption that exists at many different levels. I'm less upset with politicians than [with] the media. Votes: 0

It is the responsibility of Afghanistan's new government to gain better control over the country's administration and to resolutely fight the drug trade and corruption. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Sometimes societies die and putrefy long before they are pronounced dead, and sometimes men die of corruption long before they have taken to their deathbeds. Votes: 0

In large commercial cities, the money power is, I fear irresistible. It is not by open corruption that it always, or even most generally, operates. Votes: 0

Over the years, many in the public have become numb to news of financial corruption, partly because too many of these stories involve banker-on-banker crime. Votes: 0

I groan daily under a body of sin and corruption. Oh for the time when I shall drop this flesh, and be free from sin! Votes: 0

There is no single field of activity, not a single institution, free of the most brutal sort of corruption. Russia has bred a world-class mafia. Votes: 0

At the heart of the mystery of corruption lies the desire of one man to impose his will on others to the largest possible extent. Votes: 0

The Syrian army is tired of corruption. It is tired of party nepotism. It is becoming very angry with those it blames for the war. Votes: 0

Though I cannot flee from the world of corruption, I can prepare tea with water from a mountain stream and put my heart to rest Votes: 0

You can't take money from the taxpayers out of the treasury to give it to pay off your political donors. That's corruption to do that. Votes: 0

The tendency of the UN and its major supporters is to think good intentions and mild to rampant corruption are as good as actual results. Votes: 0

Boxing is made for film - there is corruption, violence, tragedy and the chance that the underdog can catch the champion with one lucky punch. Votes: 0

There's an awful lot of corruption in Japanese business and politics, corruption of the sort that can make for great setting for a spy story. Votes: 0

In my opinion nothing has contributed more to the corruption of the original idea of socialism as the belief that Russia is a socialist country. Votes: 0

Judges are but men, and are swayed like other men by vehement prejudices. This is corruption in reality, give it whatever other name you please. Votes: 0

In ancient Israel and Rome the judge had appeared as a stand-in for the divine, and corruption was a blinding of the representative of the divine. Votes: 0

He that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. Votes: 0

Big government conservatives are spending trillions and wasting billions. Republicans are no longer the party of fiscal conservancy, but the party of runaway spending and corruption. Votes: 0

I knew President Yeltsin well. He would never have tolerated government officials demonstratively showing off the millions they acquired through corruption, the way it's done today. Votes: 0

Nothing tends so much to the corruption of science as to suffer it to stagnate; these waters must be troubled before they can exert their virtues. Votes: 0

Women, in general, are not part of the corruption of the past, so they can give a new kind of leadership, a new image for mankind. Votes: 0

For though your mind is active enough, your heart is darkened with corruption, and without a pure heart there can be no full or genuine sensibility. Votes: 0

We did not organize press conferences and talk about fighting against corruption, we acted on the ground and brought changes in the schemes to fight corruption. Votes: 0

Throw in neglect and politicization of the judicial system and you see the result: soaring rates of cocaine trafficking through Venezuela and worsening corruption of institutions. Votes: 0

For as long as I am alive, I will not rest in my desire to lead my people out of an abyss of corruption and poverty. Votes: 0

Union of religious sentiments begets a surprising confidence, and ecclesiastical establishments tend to great ignorance and corruption; all of which facilitate the execution of mischievous projects. Votes: 0

Divinity is the elementary personality of a human being. When he can stand before corruption and win, that is an undivided personality. It is called divinity. Votes: 0

The truth is that I've always been fascinated with wealth in America. To me, it's been about the American dream and the corruption of that dream. Votes: 0

The Tour de France would make a great movie. Drugs, corruption, political chicanery, guys risking their lives - everything you need for a great sports drama. Votes: 0

Mexico is going to need the United States to cooperate in order to rid itself of the violence and corruption that results from the drug trade. Votes: 0

When a government is arrived to that degree of corruption as to be incapable of reforming itself, it would not lose much by being new moulded. Votes: 0

Man's want of original righteousness and of holy affections toward God, and the corruption of his moral nature and his bias toward evil is called depravity Votes: 0

The constitution has erected no such single tribunal, knowing that to whatever hands confided, with the corruption's of time and party, its members would become despots. Votes: 0

When you are looking for corruption, you should look at the entire stratum of the society, while some forms of corruption are direct, others are indirect. Votes: 0

The blood of my motherland waters a magic plant that cures all ills. That plant is art, and sometimes art needs corruption as a kind of fertilizer Votes: 0

The crimes of extreme civilization are probably worse than those of extreme barbarism, because of their refinement, the corruption they presuppose, and their superior degree of intellectuality. Votes: 0

When extraordinary power and extraordinary pay are allotted to any individual in a government, he becomes the center, round which every kind of corruption generates and forms. Votes: 0

It is the great beauty of true religion that it shall be universal, and a departure in any instance from universality is a corruption of religion itself. Votes: 0

Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country. It's kleptocracy, it's corruption, it's a nation that's really only dependent upon oil and gas for their economy. Votes: 0

Everyone says corruption is everywhere, but for me it seems strange to say that and then not try to put the people guilty of that corruption away. Votes: 0

Although crime and corruption decreases within a one-mile radius of a casino, it increases 10 percent within a 35-mile radius by the third year the casino is open. Votes: 0

There is something in corruption which, like a jaundiced eye, transfers the color of itself to the object it looks upon, and sees everything stained and impure. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

It's the only condition I know. Bitter Love, Loneliness, contempt for corruption, blind hope. It's where I live. A permanent state of bereavement. This is nothing new. Votes: 0

The lightning spread of 'Western-style' gambling overseas has increased the problems of addicted and problem gamblers, organized crime and alleged corruption in Asia and the Middle East Votes: 0

And that the Scriptures, though not everywhere Free from corruption, or entire, or clear, Are uncorrupt, sufficient, clear, entire In all things which our needful faith require. Votes: 0

At the World Bank, we are already working with our clients in developing countries to improve their governance systems, collect taxes, fight corruption, and recover stolen assets. Votes: 0

Democracy in itself does not define or guarantee a free society. History has told many stories of democratic societies that have degenerated into corruption, plunder, and tyranny. Votes: 0

[The spirit of party] opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which finds a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions. Votes: 0

The downfall of every civilization comes, not from the moral corruption of the common man, but rather from the moral complacency of common men in high places. Votes: 0

No one wrote better about the sin of pride, the corruption of power and the redemption of love. I will miss you, Gabriel García Márquez. Votes: 0

I have a very steadfast tendency to parent myself, to monitor my development into the person I want to be. I've tried to keep the corruption minimal. Votes: 0

The dull, purblind folly of the very rich men, their greed and arrogance, and the corruption in business and politics, have tended to produce a very unhealthy condition. Votes: 0

The findings in contemporary social sciences are helping us understand that we can find other ways to educate people and act against injustice and corruption in our society. Votes: 0

In the lead up to the Iraq war and its later conduct, I saw at a minimum, true dereliction, negligence and irresponsibility, at worse, lying, incompetence and corruption. Votes: 0

Television cannot film corruption. Television cannot spend five days on a rattling railway train, talking endlessly. Television needs excitement, it needs an angle, it needs a 'sound bite. Votes: 0

Injustice and corruption will never be transformed by keeping them hidden, but only by bringing them out into the light and confronting them with the power of love. Votes: 0

In every government on earth is some trace of human weakness, some germ of corruption and degeneracy, which cunning will discover, and wickedness insensibly open, cultivate and improve. Votes: 0

We could form a government of national unity fighting corruption. The ordinary Afghan is sick and tired of it, because it's she or he that pays the price. Votes: 0

The work to eradicate corruption must begin from the top. It is spread like termite in our country. We have to work at all levels to eradicate corruption Votes: 0

Look at Mexico. We need to make that government better and end the corruption. If people have a better life in their country, they won't come over here. Votes: 0

At length corruption, like a general flood (So long by watchful ministers withstood), Shall deluge all; and avarice, creeping on, Spread like a low-born mist, and blot the sun. Votes: 0

Conquest, tyranny, treachery, and the clash of cultures bring about corrupt societies, and so does old age. Sometimes the five faces of corruption are visible at the same time. Votes: 0

The poor don't live in functional market economies as the rest of us do, but in political economies where corruption and broken systems extend from local government to moneylenders. Votes: 0

Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become lawless or corrupt. And a citizen who barters with such a state shares in its corruption and lawlessness. Votes: 0

Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of the young. The old grow beyond corruption very quickly. Votes: 0

Why should it be mandatory for people to give interviews. I request state governments to remove the process of interviews for minor jobs to end corruption in getting jobs. Votes: 0

It`s all part of the pattern. This is a story of scandal and corruption, investigations, refusals to take responsibility. If this government continues in office, this will continue. Votes: 0

The corruption of the age is made up by the particular contribution of every individual man; some contribute treachery, others injustice, atheism, tyranny, avarice, cruelty, according to their power. Votes: 0

It's not just spending, it's not just taxes, it's not just corruption, it is progressivism, and it is in both parties. It is in the Republicans and the Democrats. Votes: 0

The plan was always to come to America, because Pakistan's a scary place. They don't have religious freedom. It's very poor, and there's a lot of violence and corruption. Votes: 0

The fight against corruption is not bound to high-profile arrests and high-profile investigations. The fight against corruption is successful if you prevent corruption taking place in the first place. Votes: 0

The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the corruption of the soul. Votes: 0

Like most people who live in India, I complain about corruption, but know that I can live with corrupt men. It is the honest ones I secretly worry about. Votes: 0

When I retired and told my wife I wanted to go back to Bozeman and fight political corruption and get involved in politics, she decided to stay in Seattle. Votes: 0

To succeed, we have to be the party of change, we have to root out corruption in our own ranks and we have to be the party of solutions. Votes: 0

They were still all beautiful and there was still enchantment and wonder, but she had crossed a line and now the fairy tale was green with corruption and evil. Votes: 0

Because I don`t think it`s true. I don`t think corruption is endemic to the process in Annapolis at all. It`s the exception, not the rule. Votes: 0

As a columnist, I realize that whatever amount of corruption I expose, half my readers will block it out, although they may get a frisson of joy in the process. Votes: 0

People power must be combined with good governance to bring about real, deep and lasting change. This combination can achieve almost everything from eliminating corruption to ending malnutrition and illiteracy. Votes: 0

Goodness that comes out of hiding and assumes a public role is no longer good, but corrupt in its own terms and will carry its own corruption wherever it goes. Votes: 0

The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language. ... In due time, the fraud is manifest, and words lose all power to stimulate the understanding or the affections. Votes: 0

My work about corruption is to get people to see it less as a moral issue (right/wrong) and more as an economic issue (economies of influence and their effect). Votes: 0

The sport of horse racing which, at its best, showcases the majestic beauty of this animal and the athleticism of jockeys, has reached an alarming level of corruption and exploitation. Votes: 0

The gods, the immortals, were the inventors of death and corruption; yet with one or two notable exceptions they have lacked the courage to try their invention out on themselves. Votes: 0

When people lose faith in the natural goodness of the human character, the lack of trust in spiritual goodness, that is one reason why corruption has become so widespread today. Votes: 0

In all institutions from which the cold wind of open criticism is excluded, an innocent corruption begins to grow like a mushroom - for example, in senates and learned societies Votes: 0

By all evidence we are in the world to do nothing; but instead of nonchalantly promenading our own corruption, we exude our sweat and grow winded upon the fetid air. Votes: 0

Calvin: Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man? Hobbes: I'm not sure man needs the help. Votes: 0

That the arts are corrupt does not mean that Christians can abandon them. On the contrary, the corruption of the arts means that Christians dare not abandon them any longer. Votes: 0

I wholeheartedly support the aspirations of the Ukrainian people for a democratic, free and just society where the rule of law prevails without corruption or government violence directed against citizens. Votes: 0

Brazil has a lot of issues that are similar to a lot of countries in Latin America, but the dominant issue Brazil is dealing with is poverty and political corruption. Votes: 0

The Judas of the West has closed the contract and will receive the thirty pieces of silver. . . . Was there ever witnessed such a bare faced corruption in any country before? Votes: 0

It is precisely when we help one another that we gain our victories over corruption, but the victory is assured only when we help one another with all our strength. Votes: 0

I'm pushing for citizen equality not because of some moral idea, but because this is the essential way to crack the corruption that now makes it so Washington can't work. Votes: 0

When corruption is visited upon the cities of men, the mountains and the deserts await him. The cities are for money but the high-up hills are purely for the soul. Votes: 0

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots. Votes: 0

We are determined to answer evil with GOOD, slavery with FREEDOM, rape with hope!We are against slavery, rape, beheading, torture, violations of human rights, corruption and misuse of religion! Votes: 0

Obscenity, which is ever blasphemy against the divine beauty in life, is a monster for which the corruption of society forever brings forth new food, which it devours in secret. Votes: 0

Instead, we have found ourselves gasping for air in a sea of corruption, dysfunction, environmental degradation, waste, disenchantment and inequality"”and the harder we compete, the more unequal we become. Votes: 0

? top up position down? bottomThe corruption of religious leaders, who were expected to be the source of spiritual force and regeneration, is the last step in the decay of a community. Votes: 0

To those supporters who were told that I abandoned them, that is untrue. I abandoned greed, corruption, and compromise, never you, and never the artistic gifts and abilities that sustained me. Votes: 0

I think there are three main values which are fundamental: that Georgia will never be a criminal country, that Georgia will never return to corruption, and that Georgia will be independent. Votes: 0

Political corruption is to Rhode Islanders as smog is to people who live in Los Angeles: nobody complains of its absence, but when it rolls around everyone feels right at home. Votes: 0

Wherever you see a man who gives someone else's corruption, someone else's prejudice as a reason for not taking action himself, you see a cog in The Machine that governs us. Votes: 0

Knowledge is an excellent drug; but no drug has virtue enough to preserve itself from corruption and decay, if the vessel be tainted and impure wherein it is put to keep. Votes: 0

I was put into office by the people who believed in my idea that corruption is the root of poverty; that an end to corruption would mean an end to poverty. Votes: 0

The day to day corruption that is carried out everywhere in the country, from the streets to the offices are as detrimental to the nation as any other form of corruption. Votes: 0

The more spiritual a man desires to be, the more bitter does this present life become to him, because he perceives better and sees more clearly the defects of human corruption. Votes: 0

SMU: 'It's unbelievable to think that kind of corruption came right from the top of the power structure. The NCAA did what it had to do' in canceling SMU's 1988 football season. Votes: 0

Do you know that the tendrils of graft and corruption have become mighty interlacing roots so that even men who would like to be honest are tripped and trapped by them? Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

If the power of the Gospel is not felt throughout the length and breadth of the land, anarchy and misrule, degradation and misery, corruption and darkness will reign without mitigation or end. Votes: 0

We establish no religion in this country, nor will we ever. But we poison our society when we remove its theological underpinnings. We court corruption when we leave society devoid of belief. Votes: 0

Christianity ... that musty old theology, which already has its grave clothes on, and is about to be buried... A wall of Bible, brimstone, church and corruption has hitherto hemmed women into nothingness. Votes: 0

It is time for a new compact among civilized peoples of this world to eradicate war at its most fundamental source, and that is the corruption of young minds by violent ideology. Votes: 0

Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from the stink of the didie to the stench of the shroud. There is always something (All The King's Men) Votes: 0

If we tackle corruption, no child would sleep hungry, there would be no injustice, every child would be in school. The most powerful force against corruption is one person saying "no". Votes: 0

Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption. Votes: 0

Government ought to be all outside and no inside. . . . Everybody knows that corruption thrives in secret places, and avoids public places, and we believe it a fair presumption that secrecy means impropriety. Votes: 0

There's only one man really responsible for those events - Yahya Khan. Both he and his advisers were so drunk with power and corruption they'd even forgotten the honor of the army. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

The greatest miracle of the Bible is that the prophets of Israel could keep a religion as clean as a hounds tooth amid all the corruption and idolatry of the nations surrounding them. Votes: 0

Many Africans succumb to the idea that they can't do things because of what society says. Images of Africa are negative - war, corruption, poverty. We need to be proud of our culture. Votes: 0

Selfishness is one of the principal fruits of the corruption of human nature; and it is obvious that selfishness disposes us to over-rate our good qualities, and to overlook or extenuate our defects. Votes: 0

They have seized upon the government by bribery and corruption. They have made speculation and public robbery a science. They have loaded the nation, the state, the county, and the city with debt. Votes: 0

The sex abuse crisis in the Catholic Church is the result of what police call "noble cause corruption," the belief that because you are dedicated to doing good, you can do no wrong. Votes: 0

I'm going to go after crime and corruption wherever it is. But I did focus particularly on the need to restore public confidence in essential institutions of both the public and private sector. Votes: 0

There has been corruption in the Belgian civil service and at government level for decades. The Royal family do what they can to hold things together, and they don't do a bad job. Votes: 0

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? Votes: 0

We come out of Jewish-refugee, Holocaust stock, which means that our predecessors fled and we learned that systems of power are vulnerable to corruption and can treat the defenseless in a destructive fashion. Votes: 0

None of us is guaranteed against failure or corruption of any kind; witness what's going on in the world in this moment, the follies of human nature and the failures of human nature. Votes: 0

War, poverty, corruption, hunger, misery, human suffering will not change in a monetary system. That is, there will be very little significant change. It's going to take the redesign of our culture and values. Votes: 0

No matter how much evidence we uncover about this case or any others involving Mr. Clinton, millions of Americans simply will not care - they will excuse the corruption because they like Bill Clinton. Votes: 0

There's been so much corruption and so much cronyism in the taxi industry and so much regulatory capture, that if you ask for permission upfront for something that's already legal, you'll never get it. Votes: 0

Man and the animals are merely a passage and channel for food, a tomb for other animals, a haven for the dead, giving life by the death of others, a coffer full of corruption. Votes: 0

Bullies, oppressors and all men who do violence to the rights of others are guilty not only of their own crimes, but also of the corruption they bring into the hearts of their victims. Votes: 0

Whatever has "wit enough to keep it sweet" defies corruption and outlasts all time; but the wit must be of that outward and visible order which needs no introduction or demonstration at our hands. Votes: 0

Julia looked back at Hadassah on the bloodstained sand. A great emptiness opened within her as she looked at the still form. Gone, too, was the salt that had kept her from completely corruption. Votes: 0

In all cities, the better classes - the business men - are the sources of corruption, but they are so rarely pursued and caught that we do not fully realize whence the trouble comes. Votes: 0

I have absolutely no idea what my generation did to enrich our democracy. We dropped the ball. We entered a period of complacency and closed our eyes to the public corruption of our democracy. Votes: 0

We are all aware that corruption is pervasive. It operates at every level. The poor may carry its greatest burden, but it is an affliction that every Indian is desperate to be rid of. Votes: 0

The first view is "bad apple." Bad apple is excusable. It's sort of like, something went bad with this man. But the second option is police corruption, so it's a problem with the department. Votes: 0

Other than my hundreds of arrests I really don't have that much experience with the law. While the majority of people aren't corrupt, there certainly is an awful lot of corruption in this country. Votes: 0

Weakness and corruption isn't in the world," Clary snapped. "It's in people. And it always will be. The world just needs good people to balance it out. And you're planning to kill them all. Votes: 0

The function of the West is to turn bodies and minds into products. It cannot understand that the rest of the world holds this to be an obscenity, a corruption of our nirvanic nature. Votes: 0

Be present to those who, living in the midst of a society burdened by poverty and corruption, are broken in spirit, tempted to give up, to leave school and to live on the streets. Votes: 0

Sampling out corruption is a very tough job, but I say so in all seriousness that we would be failing in our duty if we do not tackle this problem seriously and with determination. Votes: 0

There's an enormous amount of corruption, and as one American adviser put it to me, "The police in Afghanistan are thugs. We equip them, we train them, and now they are equipped and trained thugs." Votes: 0

I have decided not to appeal the ruling that took my law license. My accusers, the Board of Supervisors, once again have fired my lawyers, ensuring I cannot properly defend myself or my anti-corruption efforts. Votes: 0

I don't think nostalgia is a healthy modality. But nostalgia and a sense of history are not the same thing. Nostalgia is a dysfunction of the historical impulse, or a corruption of the historical impulse. Votes: 0

We will meet our challenges head on and we will do it by rejecting the politics of mediocrity and corruption. You voted for change; I intend to deliver it. ... I will govern as a reformer. Votes: 0

It will be interesting to see if they accept the idea that not only actual corruption in politics needs to be addressed, but the appearance of corruption as well, ensuring public confidence and all that. Votes: 0

We don't know what proportion of public funds is regularly lost to collusion and corruption. Is it 25 per cent? 30 per cent? We do know that a portion of these public funds are feeding organized crime. Votes: 0

I think very highly of Expo and all is going well. We've seen big problems with [corruption] scandals [at local government level], but it is going forward, with the highest number of participants ever expected. Votes: 0