Quotes About Corruption

The hand entrusted with power becomes, either from human depravity or esprit de corps, the necessary enemy of the people

I have come to regard the law courts not as a cathedral but rather as a casino.

When power is for sale, then government power should be severely limited. When power is abused, then the less power the better.

Because government has tremendous power, it attracts people who are eager to game the system, obtaining by force of law what they could never achieve through consensus.

Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic, chiefly as an almost insane excitement at first, and a worse reaction afterwards.

It is an essential feature of the just state that the wealthy be kept away from political power and that the politically powerful be kept away from wealth.

Curst greed of gold, what crimes thy tyrant power has caused.

So long as we only believe in the justice of the state, of the law-made by those in power, to serve those in power-so long will we continue to be exploited by those in power.

In Russia there are special people who are permitted to do anything. They are the sacrificial priests of power. Anyone who is not a member of this group has no clout with the state.

What is the system? It revolves around the banks, the system is built on the power of the banks, so it can be destroyed through the banks.

As government grows, its increased power to grant favors or inflict pain attracts more people who would abuse the system.

All power corrupts but some must govern.

People like Elizabeth Dole have given too much power to the special interests.

It was not power that corrupted people, but fools who corrupted power.

The corruption of the age is made up by the particular contribution of every individual man; some contribute treachery, others injustice, atheism, tyranny, avarice, cruelty, according to their power.

Politics is ugly. Never doubt what small men will do for great power.

He who sins easily, sins less. The very power Renders less vigorous the roots of evil.

For domination has nothing whatsoever to do with good government, and power as an end in itself destroys good government.

No matter how noble the original intentions, the seductions of power can turn any movement from one seeking equal rights to one that would deny them to others.

I think if you do term limits, you would really increase the power of lobbying.

The main obstacle is the entrenched power of the legacy polluters.

In Russia only those who are loyal to the people in power can become wealthy.

Ethics and oversight are what you eliminate when you want absolute power.

Power, a paycheck and control do sick things to those who have the illusion of possessing it.