Quotes About Corruption

Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues.

Watergate left Washington a city ravaged by honesty.

We need some honesty and sincerity instead of corrupt government in Washington.

When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.

There is no praise in being upright, where no one can, or tries to corrupt you.

I hope we shall . . . crush in [its] birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations.

You know, the streets are filled with vipers Who've lost all ray of hope You know, it ain't even safe no more In the palace of the Pope

Anything that hinted at corruption always filled him with a wild hope

Having once been so high, humanity fell so low. What had once been dedicated to the soul was now dedicated to the sale.

Capitalism is the worst enemy of humanity.

Lay then the axe to the root, and teach governments humanity. It is their sanguinary punishments which corrupt mankind.

A realistic recognition of the human condition is that it is corrupt beyond belief. What do you suppose would happen if the police all took a week off?

Everything burned, everyone lied, and no one paid for it but the ones in the muck.

Doctors are just the same as lawyers; the only difference is that lawyers merely rob you, whereas doctors rob you and kill you too.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

There's more evil in the charts than an Al-Qaeda suggestion box.

Who thinks the law has anything to do with justice? It's what we have because we can't have justice.

If you owe ten pounds to the Bank of England, you get thrown in jail, but if you owe a million pounds, they invite you to sit on the Board

I've never met a politician who didn't deserve to be tossed into a pit full of Kallin, " Beranabus grunts.

Even I realized that money was to politicians what the eucalyptus tree is to koala bears: food, water, shelter, and something to crap on.

You have corrupted my imagination and inflamed my blood.

Nigeria is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.

The word "independence" is united to the accessory ideas of dignity and virtue. The word "dependence" is united to the ideas of inferiority and corruption.