The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means. Votes: 5
Georges BernanosIf the Nuremberg laws were applied, then every post-war American president would have been hanged. Votes: 4
Noam ChomskyWashington's Corruption and Mendacity Is What Makes America 'Exceptional' Votes: 3
Paul Craig RobertsCorruption is government intrusion into market efficiencies in the form of regulations. Votes: 3
Milton FriedmanI want to rid the country of corruption and return our economic environment. Votes: 3
Nestor KirchnerCorruption often exists because there are too many market forces, not too few. Votes: 3
Ha-Joon ChangCorruption is Africa's greatest problem. Not poverty. Not lack of riches. Not racism. Votes: 3
Dennis PragerStill, corruption and oppression are far too common threats to the democratic society. Votes: 3
Anna LindhCorruption is not a problem just for some countries; this is a global issue. Votes: 3
Nguyen Tan DungPower does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power. Votes: 3
John SteinbeckNo pen can give an adequate description of the all-pervading corruption produced by slavery. Votes: 3
Harriet Ann JacobsCorruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase. Votes: 3
Charles Caleb ColtonCorruption is one of the most common reasons I hear in views that criticize aid. Votes: 3
Bill GatesLove thyself last, cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Votes: 3
William ShakespearePeople exaggerate Corruption in Nigeria. It is not even our first or second problem, maybe the third Votes: 3
Atiku AbubakarCommunism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both. Votes: 3
John F. KennedyFighting corruption is not just good governance. It's self-defense. It's patriotism. Votes: 2
Joe BidenSometimes corruption is slowed by shedding light into what was previously shadowed. Votes: 2
Paul WolfowitzWe must weed out corruption and build a strong system of justice that the people can trust. Votes: 2
Gloria Macapagal-ArroyoUnfortunately, corruption is widespread in government agencies and public enterprises. Votes: 0
George PapandreouOil-for-food shows the need for reform. There was fraud, corruption, mismanagement Votes: 0
Norm ColemanBoth political parties have a richly vested interest in corporate corruption. Votes: 0
Arianna HuffingtonTo oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism. Votes: 0
G. Edward GriffinWe must fight against negativeness - especially bureaucracy, corruption and wastefulness. Votes: 0
Nong ?uc ManhSince when has corruption everywhere, homes, streets, offices, become a Nigerian factor Votes: 0
Sunday AdelajaExtremely disappointed that corruption may have reached such a level in Mexico. Votes: 0
Barry McCaffreyMoral cowardice and intellectual corruption are the natural concomitants of unchallenged privilege. Votes: 0
Noam ChomskyContracting corruption has been around since the construction of the Appian Way. Votes: 0
Matt TaibbiWhenever there are some who have more opportunities than others, this feeds corruption. Votes: 0
Enrique Pena NietoThe starting point of sanctification is the filthiness, corruption, or stain of sin. Votes: 0
William AmesBlest paper-credit! last and best supply! That lends corruption lighter wings to fly! Votes: 0
Alexander PopeThe two greatest priorities for my government are tackling tax evasion and corruption. Votes: 0
Mario MontiThe use of history as therapy means the corruption of history as history. Votes: 0
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.Nothing, absolutely nothing, was above corruption so long as human beings were involved. Votes: 0
David BaldacciNietzsche's accomplishment is that he permits us to see corruption from the inside. Votes: 0
Robert PayneOne of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption. Votes: 0
Upton SinclairWrong views about holiness are generally traceable to wrong views about human corruption. Votes: 0
J. C. RyleUnder government ownership corruption can flourish just as rankly as under private ownership. Votes: 0
Theodore RooseveltSpirituality is allowing compassion and love to flourish. When belongness begins, corruption ends. Votes: 0
Sri Sri Ravi ShankarIt's interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant. Votes: 0
Martin ScorseseWe see violence to forcibly seize land, at any price, murders and corruption. Votes: 0
Claudio HummesThe corruption of religions comes from turning them to mere words and appearances. Votes: 0
Al-GhazaliIt starts with organizing the corruption and it ends with organizing the terror. Votes: 0
Jan TheuninckI like organised things. I don't like the corruption and slowness of Greece. Votes: 0
Stelios Haji-IoannouNo science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power. Votes: 0
Jacob BronowskiReal change begins with ridding Washington of corruption, of which there's plenty going around. Votes: 0
Donald TrumpThe way to end corruption is a progressive, policy driven state with proper implementation. Votes: 0
Narendra ModiEducation is a vast sea of lies, waste, corruption, crackpot theorizing, and careerist log-rolling. Votes: 0
John DerbyshireWe do not need international help to stop corruption, we need strong Louisiana Leadership. Votes: 0
David VitterEconomic losses like this are really as serious a problem as embezzlement and corruption. Votes: 0
Li JinhuaProcrastination is also a subtle act of corruption â it corrupts valuable time Votes: 0
Amit AbrahamSenator Chris Dodd unveiled his plan to reduce corruption in the Senate. He's retiring. Votes: 0
Jay LenoAll Earthquakes and Disasters are warnings; thereâs too much corruption in the world Votes: 0
AristotleWe have to continue to confront the challenge of corruption within the public service. Votes: 0
Thabo MbekiA soldier's time is passed in distress and danger, or in idleness and corruption. Votes: 0
Samuel JohnsonBased on my experience, I can say that India country can be freed of corruption. Votes: 0
Narendra ModiArt is community's medicine for that worst disease of the mind, the corruption of consciousness Votes: 0
Robin G. CollingwoodWar is both the product of an earlier corruption, and a producer of new corruptions. Votes: 0
Lewis MumfordI believed that a husband must necessarily be an angel, impossible of corruption or contamination. Votes: 0
Victoria WoodhullWhoever looks at America will see: the ship is powered by stupidity, corruption, or prejudice, Votes: 0
Johann MostThe government is asleep - there is a big administrative corruption everywhere in its institutions Votes: 0
Ibrahim AliWhoever looks at America will see: the ship is powered by stupidity, corruption, or prejudice. Votes: 0
Johann MostThe corruption in reporting starts very early. It's like the police reporting on the police. Votes: 0
Julian AssangeResearch shows the presence of women raises the standards of ethical behavior and lowers corruption. Votes: 0
Hillary ClintonDo not think that you can fight corruption without while you let corruption fester within. Votes: 0
Lyman AbbottThrough transparency we expose corruption, but then there is no action taken against the corrupt. Votes: 0
Aruna RoyThe first tenet is that you should report corruption regardless of loyalty to incumbent or party. Votes: 0
Linda TrippThere is no systematic corruption in FIFA. That is nonsense. We are financially clean and clear. Votes: 0
Sepp BlatterProstitution and corruption are two things that mankind has had to live with for so long. Votes: 0
Najib RazakEthiopia did not have the same problem [of corruption]. African leaders looked at us with envy. Votes: 0
Mengistu Haile MariamThere is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than through the corruption of language Votes: 0
George OrwellYou need a high degree of corruption or a very big heart to love absolutely everything Votes: 0
Gustave FlaubertThe world is full of corruption, and deceit, and deviltry  chock full of it. Votes: 0
James Montgomery BaileyOne of the things about federal politics is that it has been remarkably free of corruption. Votes: 0
George BrandisThe level of corruption in a country is determined by the value systems of that country. Votes: 0
Sunday AdelajaIt is awful hard to get people interested in corruption unless they can get some of it. Votes: 0
Will RogersIn youth, in middle age, and now after many battles, I find nothing in me but corruption. Votes: 0
John KnoxThe time to guard against corruption and tyranny is before they shall have gotten hold of us. Votes: 0
Thomas JeffersonIf you can sense the corruption in me, it is ... because there's a dose of it in you. Votes: 0
Louis AuchinclossThis is a matter of public health. The public was sick and tired of DeLay and his corruption. Votes: 0
Jim HightowerWhen I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy. Votes: 0
Barry WhiteTo confront criminals, we need to finish with corruption. If we don't do this, there is no hope. Votes: 0
Andres Manuel Lopez ObradorHe that accuses all mankind of corruption ought to remember that he is sure to convict only one. Votes: 0
Edmund BurkeEvery penny of the $7 billion going to Africa as per Obama will be stolen - corruption is rampant! Votes: 0
Donald TrumpAs a poet, there is only one political duty, and that is to defend one's language from corruption. Votes: 0
W. H. AudenPeople who are tired of K Street corruption and Wall Street greed are ready for Main Street Values. Votes: 0
Mike HuckabeeNow, Spitzer was an anti-crime crusader cracking down on prostitution and Wall Street corruption. So some people were looking to take him down. Votes: 1 Jane Velez-Mitchell
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: 1 Denis Kearney
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: 4 Jacob K. Javits
The tragedy of Eliot Spitzer is almost Greek: Ascendant son of wealth and privilege dedicates his life to social justice, warns of the corruption lurking among us, and falls victim to his inner demons at the very moment of vindication. Votes: 2 Wil S. Hylton
It's interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant. Votes: 3 Martin Scorsese
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: 3 Matt Taibbi
The lesson has already been learned with alcohol prohibition. We tried to engineer an alcohol-free society and ended up with huge criminal enterprises, government corruption, children lured into organized crime and random violence that took the lives of countless innocent people. Votes: 4 Kurt Schmoke
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: 1 James L. Buckley
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 Ray Davies
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: 3 Oren Moverman
It's interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant. Votes: 6 Martin Scorsese
No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power. Votes: 3 Jacob Bronowski
No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power. Votes: 1 Jacob Bronowski
No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power. Votes: 2 Jacob Bronowski
I've been not only articulating the dissatisfaction with Albany, I've been acting on it. I've been very aggressive in bringing public integrity cases and public corruption cases and bringing cases against sitting legislators. Votes: 3 Andrew Cuomo
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 Alexander Herzen
Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today. Votes: 1 Olusegun Obasanjo