Quotes About Corruption

All empires fall, eventually." "But why? It's not for lack of power. In fact, it seems to be the opposite. Their power lulls them into comfort. They become undisciplined. Those who had to earn power are replaced by those who have known nothing else. Who have no comprehension of the need to rise above base desires.["]

Every uniform corrupts one's character.

Possession of armed might can be corrupting: it feeds an itch among those exercising political authority to put it to practical use. Successive Washington administrations have been seduced by the readiness with which they can order a deployment, and see this promptly executed. It is much easier to commit armed forces, especially air power, in pursuit of an objective than to grapple the complexities of social and cultural engagement with an alien people.

But I would like to make an important point before this goes any further and that is if anyone feels like arresting me for corrupting an innocent kid then all I can say is that Edmond was not corruptible. Some people are just like that and if you don't believe me it just means you've never met one of them yourself. Which is your loss.

Some people liked to make everything dirty. Some people liked to ruin everything.

City hall was a disaster. My uncle's fault, and China Joe had the proof of it.

* If there is no justice in a country, who can claim that, that country is a country? An injustice country is just a rubbish bin!

A golden tomb is useful only for the thieves!

Anywhere in the world if you see a president holding his chair tightly, that man is either a thief or a tyrant, and even worse than this, he is both!

Countries are rarely governed by the ethical and good people.

High positions are full of low people!

Politicians are the close relatives of the Devil.

That wretched alchemist called money can turn a man's heart into a stone!

The adjective 'decent' and the noun 'government' have seldom come together in the human history!

The holiest war is the one which is fought against the war industry!

There is no justice here; there is no justice there; there is no justice anywhere!

They say "Wine is Satan's falcon,"; apparently he uses it in hunting men!

What is a throne? A chair; ornamented but a poisonous chair!

Bribes over two dollars are tax deductible

The same way most people get away with the wrong thing," she said. "Wealth. . .

However, as life has become more computational, people haven't changed. Just because we have open government data doesn't mean we don't have corruption.

Houve um tempo em que pensei poder mudar esse mundo. Mas hoje desisti. Aquele é um corpo que está vivo graças à sua própria doença. Vive do crime, se alimenta de imoralidade.

Government by three men in a room has turned New York State into a national symbol of governmental dysfunction. Enough is enough!

Government is dysfunctional.