Quotes About Corruption

A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.

In poor countries, officials receive explicit bribes; in D.C. they get the sophisticated, implicit, unspoken promise to work for large corporations

I work for a Government I despise for ends I think criminal.

If ever this free people, if this Government itself is ever utterly demoralized, it will come from this incessant human wriggle and struggle for office, which is but a way to live without work.

Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.

The game is rigged to work for those who already have money and power.

We discovered how much money influences certain things work in United States. How things might seem okay on the outside, but internally, they're corrupt.

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

Political discourse has become so rotten that it's no longer possible to tell the stench of one presidential candidate from the stink of another.

See, justice is a joke in this country, and it stinks of its hypocricy.

From coast to coast, the FBI and Securities and Exchange Commission have ensnared people not only at hedge funds, but at technology and pharmaceutical companies, consulting and law firms, government agencies, and even a major stock exchange.

Russia has a well-known reputation for corruption; unfortunately, I discovered that it was far worse than many had thought. While working in Moscow I learned that Russian oligarchs stole from shareholders, which included the fund I advised.

We in Nigeria have seen just how difficult it is to get back stolen assets from the international financial system, such as banks that ought not have received those funds in the first place if even the most routine questions were asked.

Vladimir Putin is infuriated by the Magnitsky case. Why is he infuriated by it? It's because he steals a lot of money himself. He ends up terrorizing people himself. And he keeps that money he's stolen offshore.

I have not committed any crimes. I have not stolen any money. I have not looted state resources.

Prisons are built with stones of Law. Brothels with the bricks of religion.

If we are to put a stop to corruption and state capture, those responsible must be brought to book.

The biggest problem that we have is that California is being run now by special interests. All of the politicians are not anymore making the moves for the people, but for special interests and we have to stop that.

To be fair, money and politics never work in a directly straight line.

Issues to do with corruption, issues of how we can straighten out our state-owned enterprises, and how we deal with 'state capture' are issues that are on our radar screen.

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.

Exercising power can do strange things to people. You can become convinced that you're irreplaceable. You can become convinced that you're always right. And I think the danger is the longer you stay in power, the more likely that is to happen.

It's hard not to get depressed when you pay attention to the world and how strangely and corrupt the people in it sometimes behave.

Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.