Quotes About Corruption

In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.

An overflow of good converts to bad.

The system has become corrupt. It's working backwards. It's not advancing the most worthy among us, the most virtuous, the hardest working, the most humble, the smartest, even the strongest, but the most devious, the best liars, the sociopaths and narcissists,

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.

The nations that rank as the least corrupt—such countries as Finland, Norway, New Zealand, Sweden, and Singapore—are also the safest places in the world to drive.

The easiest way to destroy a country is from within.

Communism rots the body, Capitalism rots the soul.

corrompemos a unção de Deus quando dizemos: "Aquela foi uma boa pregação!" ou "Aquele louvor estava realmente muito bom!" e damos ao homem a glória e a atenção devidas a Deus - ou então, buscamos a glória e a atenção vindas de homens.

The world was slipping down into Hell, and everyone was helping it on its way. Everyone accepted a little bit of money, and a little bit of blame, and that way they could all walk around with a conscience that was just a little bit off-color. Just a little bit, but add all those bits together ...

I don't think people realise how the establishment became established. It simply stole the land and property off the poor, surrounded themselves with weak minded sycophants for protection, gave themselves titles and have been wielding power ever since.

The newspapers say that this ripping off the four billion or so of Tribal royalty money has been going on for more than fifty years. And they're quoting the government bean counters. Right? I can't see much hope of me finding anything new.

If it is to be taken seriously again, the Left must find its voice. There is much to be angry about: growing inequalities of wealth and opportunity; injustices of class and caste; economic exploitation at home and abroad; corruption and money and privilege occluding the arteries of democracy.

Sooner or later, we sell out for money.

You know, this country was always pretty much a whorehouse, but at least it used to have some promise. Now it's just a shithole.

As for the ground of being, the text, Garland of Pearls, states:Dharmakaya is devoid of any form of corruption. It embodies the two qualities of emptiness and luminosity, and this natural condition is not subject to the influences of mental activities. It is unconditioned and all-pervasive, just like the space itself, therefore it cannot be represented as being this or that.

America is the biggest gang in the world.

Success comes only for those groups that overcome the all-too-human behavioral tendencies that corrupt teams and breed dysfunctional politics within them.

But is that not corruption, Jack? You were always very much against corruption when you were young, I mean younger.' 'So I am still: corruption in others is anathema to me. But you would scarcely credit the depths of turpitude I should descend to myself for a thousand a year;

It was one of the charms of the International Zone that you could get anything you wanted if you paid for it. Do anything, too, for that matter; - there were no incorruptibles. It was only a question of price.

Gotham City made criminals via its own special recipe—one part felony, one part cosplay—

In England, at least, corruption only became unfashionable (and in fact only started to be called "corruption") when there started to be other, faster ways to get rich.

Could civil liberties really be a cause, rather than just an effect? I think so. I think a society in which people can do and say what they want will also tend to be one in which the most efficient so- lutions win, rather than those sponsored by the most influential people. Authoritarian countries become corrupt; corrupt countries become poor; and poor countries are weak.

it was not till the Industrial Revolution that wealth creation definitively replaced corruption as the best way to get rich.

But it was not till the Industrial Revolution that wealth creation definitively replaced corruption as the best way to get rich. In England, at least, corruption only became unfashionable (and in fact only started to be called "corruption") when there started to be other, faster ways to get rich.