Quotes About Corruption

Too many terms corrupts politicians so they only want to be reelected.

People hate politicians. And I can understand why.

Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances.

Politicians are the same everywhere.

It is only in our country that you see that not just invaders but politicians have robbed us, too.

There is no such thing as several Romanias, but only politicians who divide Romania depending on the interests of their parties and their clout.

There are honest journalists like there are honest politicians - they stay bought.

I get the feeling a lot of politicians are there to help themselves financially, first and foremost.

People don't like politicians.

Politics ruins the character.

The money in politics is a cash cow for the media.

In politics, you never know who's going to die, retire, or - in Illinois - get indicted.

In Indian politics, deception seems a byword. I'll have none of that.

The rich rob the poor, and the poor rob one another.

Any industry where there's a lot of money to be made and there are poor people involved, there's going to be some exploitation on some level.

In short, corruption destroys the 'deal' - the bargain - between the citizen and the state; and it harms the poorest most.

There's this myth out there that self-perpetuates that candidates believe that although the populace cares about corruption, they're not going to vote on it.

I'm carrying so much pork, I'm beginning to get trichinosis.

In Congress, it's all pork, all the time.

Port Royal, Jamaica, was built for pirates. The town had a well-protected harbor, corrupt politicians and townsfolk, and a set of ethics that seemed passed down from Sodom and Gomorrah.

The Indian economy has declined because of the peculiar Indian 'invention' of that perfidious financial derivative called Participatory Notes, or PNs, otherwise known as the crony/crooked facilitator for black-money-based portfolio investment. No other country would think of such a derivative.

Criminals gravitate into government positions like natural law.

Anyone can be seduced by the possession of power and influence.

Anxiety about the possibility that children will be corrupted if they hear rude words has been around for a long time.