Quotes About Corruption

People said that there was one law for the rich and one law for the poor, but it wasn't true. There was no law for those who made the law, and no law for the incorrigibly lawless.

Everybody does it! Quirke burst out. It's perks ! Everybody? said Vimes. He looked around at the squad. Anyone else here take bribes? His glare ran from face to face, causing most of the squad to do an immediate impression of the Floorboard and Ceiling Inspectors Synchronized Observation Team.

Bandits and governments 'ave so much in common that they might be interchangeable anywhere in the world...

People were strange like that. Steal five dollars and you were a petty thief. Steal thousands of dollars and you were either a government or a hero.

Around the Godde there forms a Shelle of prayers and Ceremonies and Buildings and Priestes and Authority, until at Last the Godde Dies. Ande this maye notte be noticed.

Where there are policemen there's crime, sergeant, remember that.

We put all our politicians in prison as soon as they're elected. Don't you?' 'Why?' 'It saves time.

Hell calls to Hell sounds ominous enough. Abyssus abyssum invocat is a saying that dates back at least a thousand years. It means One evil deed leads to another.

The bankers got the free use of the money a part of the time, the brokers another part: the officials made money, and the brokers received a fat commission.

Crawling out of the flophouse I saw the mayor stealing my junk I doth protest, citizen's arrest Now my body's in his trunk Where's the shadow government when you need it? Where's the shadow government? It's a bad, bad world!

I want to institutionalise and automate chequebook journalism.

You know it's easy here to buy journalists.

Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it.

Those who have the most power - whether famous TV anchors, rich Hollywood moguls, judges, Members of Congress, or the president of the United States - must decide how to exert that power: for corruption or for good.

Corruption requires looking into someone's soul and making judgments about their intent.

A corrupt judiciary is hardly likely to hold a corrupt executive to account.

Every institution, including the judiciary has its share of black sheep and corrupt judges.

In the Halls of Justice the only justice is in the halls.

In Kenya particularly, we have a lot to say - we're sort of obsessed with politics. We have three nightly news broadcasts, predominantly bad politics.

'House Of Cards' with Kevin Spacey - I love how it portrays humans in power as just like the rest of us - but even worse.

We live the life, but in an honest way. Without compromise, without corruption. This I understand now is the big key to my power - the power of Dolce & Gabbana. It's not just the clothes. It's love for the people.

What we're seeing now is that greed is still alive and kicking, and banks are bigger than ever.

The boxing world is full of all kinds of corruption.

A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts.