Quotes About Corruption

I think our politicians are bought by the highest bidder and that until we clean up our election system, then we cannot make progress on any of the issues. That's what drives me - we must restore our democracy.

The main reasons for the growth and institutionalization of corruption are: a culture of secrecy with lack of transparency, and weak institutions for securing the accountability of public servants, such as the Vigilance bodies, the criminal investigative agencies and the judiciary.

Putin sought to keep Ukraine weak through corruption.

The whole macho thing has to be reexamined. Because in my view, the Bush administration was weak, not strong. To engage in a policy of torture is a weak policy. Because ultimately, it encourages the terrorists. It undermines our own values. It corrupts our system. And it doesn't get good intelligence.

There's no excuse for the macro corruption, but Afghanistan was always an informal society with a weak central government.

If you look at weak democracies, the oligarchies that have taken undue control of them always seek to tamper with the vote. It is important for oligarchs to have elections to give their guy a veneer of legitimacy - and important for the vote always to turn out 'their way.'

Gollum has a weak personality and isn't able to cope with the power of the ring.

When the severity of the law is to be softened, let pity, not bribes, be the motive.

I have my own demons, but I assure you that they are not about a corrupt mind abusing the trust and confidence that my constituents have placed in me.

The infectiousness of crime is like that of the plague.

The media has a key role to play in ending corruption.

One had sown the seeds of corruption, and the other watered and nurtured it. Both the TDP and Congress have played their bit in patronising Satyam.

We are pleased to dismiss politics as entirely corrupt, if not financially, intellectually.

For decades, the plight of the Palestinian people has been exacerbated by internal corruption, a lack of effective investment, and the political cynicism of the Arab states, who often did not have the best interests of the Palestinians at heart.

Fascism is capitalism plus murder.

The best way to hit a man is in his pocket.

It is clear that there has been money, but it has gone to line the pockets of the corrupt.

Why do politicians and bureaucrats get salaries and perks from the pockets of the poor and do nothing for them? So I took action against the corrupt and the lazy.

Congress as well as BJP candidates are in the pockets of Adanis.

The Bank had never used the word 'corruption' at all until I got there, and the reason for that was, as the general counsel pointed out to me, that quite a number of our shareholders represented were not immune from corruption in their governments.

We have a cleaner system of government in this state where people run based on their ideas, not based on their ability to raise money.

With 'Clinton Cash,' we never really broke a story.

White collar crime must be taken as seriously as any other crime.

The problem is the for-profit colleges. These guys are absolute criminals.