Quotes About Corruption

Let me make it clear: The Disbursement Allocation Program is not pork barrel. Of the DAP releases in 2011 and 2012, only nine percent was disbursed for projects suggested by legislators. The DAP is not theft. Theft is illegal.

The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.

Há homens nesses tronos, comandante, homens sem escrúpulos, ávidos de poder, que poriam em perigo nações inteiras para satisfazer o seu desejo de supremacia

The dictatorship of thought and word under construction by progressives is a regime based on lies and propaganda. Most conservatives, Christian and not, recognize that to some degree, but too few see the deeper ramifications of accepting these lies. "Political correctness" is an annoyance; these lies corrupt one's ability to think clearly about reality.

In his 2014 book about Father Dmitry, The Last Man in Russia, journalist Oliver Bullough quotes an atheist saying that after hearing the priest preach, "the immorality of Soviet society, its inhumanity and corruption, its lack of a moral code or credible ideals, means that Christ's teaching comes through to those who it reaches as a shining contrast.

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed Everybody knows that the war is over Everybody knows the good guys lost Everybody knows the fight was fixed The poor stay poor, the rich get rich That's how it goes Everybody knows Leonard Cohen Everybody Knows

Lo ocurrido en varios países muestra que la democracia puede engendrar monstruos que acaben con ella.

Es la cultura responsable de la violencia y la corrupción que dominan a los hombres? ¿O hay un mal congénito impreso en la naturaleza misma del hombre?

Es posible que ello ocurra, pues es evidente que la corrupción también está en las propias filas de Morena, que la amnistía pensada para abatir la violencia es un espejismo, que la pobreza no se liquida si no hay desarrollo económico

En agosto de 2018, al iniciarse la nueva legislatura, ocurrió un acto espectacular de corrupción política. Lo primero que hicieron los diputados de Morena fue un pacto con el más corrupto de todos los partidos, el Verde, para comprarle cinco de sus diputados y pasarlos al grupo de Morena.

Las estructuras gubernamentales de México están muy lejos de esa eficiencia gerencial y están demasiado contaminadas por modalidades corruptas, paternalistas o corporativas de gestión como para funcionar sustentadas únicamente por una nueva cultura gerencial y mercadotécnica.

There are ways of Deceiving the Eyes, as well as of Blinding them; so that the Cause of the Innocent must be remitted at last to that Great and Final Decision, where there is no longer any Place for Passion, Partiality, Corruption, or Error. But as to the Business of This World, when the Cocks and the Lambs lie at the Mercy of the Cats and Wolves, they must never expect better Quarter; especially where the Hearts Blood of the One, is the Nourishment and Entertainment of the Other.

money so they say is the root of all evil today

Money can buy the necessary police order. Justice is sold to the highest bidder

Abundance, like want, ruins many.

Officials are the only guys who can rob you and then get a police escort out of the stadium.

Truth is treason in the empire of lies.

When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads.

Critics become criminals since truth is anathema to an empire or any authoritarian government that depends on lies for its existence. The informant who provides the people with the truth cannot be protected by whistle-blower laws or the Constitution. It is the truth-tellers who are sent to prison or are killed while those who undermine our Constitution are promoted. This lasts until the corrupt government is dismantled.

use of government that enriched one group of people at the expense of another, and which would be illegal if private individuals tried to carry it out themselves.

Sin brings about both spiritual death and physical death.

Because you and I are so accustomed to living in a fallen world that has been viciously marred by sin and corruption, we cannot conceive of what life might be like in a heavenly habitat that is without such sin and fallenness. From birth to death, we are confronted with imperfection on every level. But in the eternal city, we will experience nothing but perfection.

These were lobbyists—many of them compensated quite handsomely not to react as human beings.

Die Wurzel des Übels lag in der verworrenen und ruhelosen Natur des Menschen mit ihren edlen wie mit ihren bösen Zügen: dem Streben nach Freiheit, Ruhm oder Herrschaft. Weltherrschaft, Wohlstand und persönlicher Ehrgeiz hatten die Republik lange zuvor zugrunde gerichtet.