“Mexico is going to need the United States to cooperate in order to rid itself of the violence and corruption that results from the drug trade.” NeedsStatesOrderUnitedResultsUnited StatesViolenceDrugTradeCorruptionMexico Author:Barack Obama
“Donald Trump is going to win. Donald Trump is going to win because in the end, the country is not going to reward big banks and big unions and big bureaucracies and big donors and big corruption by voting for a big liar.” EndsCountryBigsWinningTrumpUnionsRewardsCorruptionVotingLiarsBureaucracyDonors Author:Newt Gingrich
“He that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.” SpiritCorruptionFleshEverlastingReap Author:Paul the Apostle
“A bonus, being a writer, is that the true-life source material is fabulously bizarre. There's so much corruption, violence and free-floating depravity that the well never runs dry, whether you're a novelist, a journalist, or both.” WellsRunningViolenceMaterialsSourceCorruptionJournalistNovelistsDryFloatingBizarreBonusDepravityTrue Life Author:Carl Hiaasen
“Although crime and corruption decreases within a one-mile radius of a casino, it increases 10 percent within a 35-mile radius by the third year the casino is open.” YearsCrimePercentThirdsIncreaseCorruptionMilesGamblingDecreaseCasinosRadius Author:John Warren Kindt
“The lightning spread of 'Western-style' gambling overseas has increased the problems of addicted and problem gamblers, organized crime and alleged corruption in Asia and the Middle East” ProblemMiddleStyleCrimeWesternCorruptionSpreadEastOrganizedGamblingMiddle EastLightningAsiaOrganized Crime Author:John Warren Kindt
“The lordship of man over man is the root cause of all corrupt rule. In the light of this principle, no laws are legitimate except God's law, and no government is legitimate except those who rule as God's deputies, implementing God's laws alone, which no-one has the power to change. So I say to you: if you really want to root out corruption now so widespread on God's earth, stand up and fight against corrupt rule; take power and use it on God's behalf. It is useless to think you change things by preaching alone.” IfsThinkingMenWantUseLightGovernmentEarthLawFightingCausesPrinciplesRootsCorruptionUselessPreachingBehalfPower To ChangeRoot CauseLordshipDeputiesImplementing Author:Abul A'la Maududi
“In fact, if you read what Kant has to say about feeling, desire and emotion, you see that he is not at all hostile to these. He is suspicious of them insofar as they represent the corruption of social life (here he follows Rousseau), but he also thinks a variety of feelings (including respect and love of humanity) arise directly from reason - there is, in other words, no daylight between the heart and the head regarding such feelings.” IfsThinkingHeartReasonFactsFeelingsDesireHumanitySocialEmotionAnd LoveIncludingCorruptionAriseVarietyHostileSuspiciousSocial LifeDaylightLove And Respect Author:Allen W. Wood
“We see the corrupt prison system, we see the corrupt police system, we see the corruption in the government, from the top on down. You know, it's built based on lies. However, the marijuana industry itself, because it was an underground industry, showed us the way we could exist on this planet.” KnowsWayGovernmentLyingPlanetsIndustryBuiltPolicePrisonCorruptionMarijuanaPrison System Author:Tommy Chong
“I had this radical idea that the police should obey the law. My view was that any human system without adequate checks and balances will tend towards corruption and abuse. That's why you have meat inspectors. Not because you hate butchers, but because of an understanding of human nature.” ShouldHumansIdeasLawHateUnderstandingViewsHuman NatureBalanceAbusePoliceCorruptionChecksRadicalMeatAdequateButchersInspectorsRadical Ideas Author:Van Jones
“One of the things about federal politics is that it has been remarkably free of corruption.” Has BeensCorruption Author:George Brandis
“We have to continue to confront the challenge of corruption within the public service.” ChallengesCorruptionPublic Service Author:Thabo Mbeki
“There are wars, there's pestilence, there are plagues, there is corruption in religious circles, corruption in the government, when was it not?” WarGovernmentReligiousCorruptionCirclesPlaguePestilence Author:Tenzin Palmo
“There's all kind of evidence that there is enormous corruption in the distribution of that money. For example, they gave about $100 to $150 dollars to each of the teachers. They gave about $500 dollars to those who were getting married. Through this process, they obviously collected a lot of votes, but these monies could not solve the structural problems that these people face. But the only result, the only consequence, was that a big sum from the budget was wasted this way.” PeopleWayKindProblemBigsFacesProcessResultsTeacherExampleMarriedEvidenceConsequenceVoteDollarsCorruptionSolveEnormousAll KindsBudgetsDistributionGetting Married Author:Akbar Ganji
“I really felt Mitt Romney was a - not my candidate. I didn't exactly like his policies, but I thought he was an honest guy. I didn't think that he would engage in corruption. He wasn't involved in some of the things that the administration, I felt, was involved with.” ThinkingGuyFeltHonestPolicyInvolvedCorruptionAdministrationCandidatesRomney Author:Glenn Beck
“As much as I disagree with Bernie Sanders - at least Bernie Sanders was a man seemingly of principle, a man who actually believed in something, was not surrounding himself with corruption and was moving in the direction that the people are moving.” PeopleMenMovingPrinciplesCorruptionDisagreeMoving In Author:Glenn Beck
“The corruption will come back to haunt the Trump administration. But mostly, it'll come back to haunt the American economy, as companies decide they can make money by rent-seeking, by getting money from government rather than earning it the old-fashioned way.” WayGovernmentCompanyEconomyTrumpSeekingCorruptionAdministrationMaking MoneyEarningOld FashionedGet MoneyAmerican EconomyEarning It Author:David Brooks
“The leadership knows that you cannot solve the issues of China's future with the means of the past. The demographic consequences of the one-child policy, the build-up of the welfare state, the jobs for 7 million university graduates every year, the immense corruption: Even some Western governments would have to scramble to find solutions to such problems.” KnowsYearsMeanChildrenStatesProblemGovernmentJobsPastMillionsIssuesPolicySolutionsConsequenceWesternUniversityCorruptionChinaSolveWelfareGraduatesImmenseDemographicsWelfare State Author:Ai Weiwei
“I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an independent judiciary, and fighting corruption, those are principles that, you know, not perfectly but generally, we have tried to apply not just in our own country but also with respect to our foreign policy.” KnowsHas BeensI CanCountryFightingLibertyPrinciplesTakenPolicySpeechEuropeIndependentCorruptionGrantedForeign PolicyFree SpeechNot PerfectCivil LibertiesTaken For GrantedJudiciaryIndependent Judiciary Author:Barack Obama
“Ten years ago if you would have told me that Mrs. Clinton would be the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, I'd have never believed you. Her only qualifications for office are that she's Mr. Clinton's partner. And what does that mean? The two of them stand for dishonesty and corruption.” IfsYearsMeanDoeTwoWould BeTenOfficeYears AgoDemocraticClintonCorruptionPartnersDishonestyQualificationsNominations Author:Jackie Mason
“The Clintons represent the highest level of corruption, but no one has the courage to mention it. Instead they talk about Rudy Giuliani. Over a lifetime of excellent service, there's never been a hint of corruption in his behavior but everybody investigates him.” LevelsBehaviorHighestLifetimeClintonCorruptionExcellentHintsRudyExcellent Service Author:Jackie Mason
“Hillary Clinton's life has been filled with corruption but nobody cares.” Has BeensCareFilledClintonCorruptionNobody Cares Author:Jackie Mason
“I think very highly of Expo and all is going well. We've seen big problems with [corruption] scandals [at local government level], but it is going forward, with the highest number of participants ever expected.” ThinkingWellsProblemBigsGovernmentLevelsNumbersHighestCorruptionExpectedLocalsScandalParticipantsBig ProblemsLocal Government Author:Franca Sozzani
“America is a country in which 75 percent of the people believe there's widespread corruption. We have got to go back to re-establishing a sense of trust. That has to be an assignment Trump takes personally. And that has to be more than trust me because trust me never works in the long run as a model. It's just - it's not possible.” PeopleBelieveLongCountryRunningAmericaTrumpModelsPercentCorruptionLong RunsTrust MeAssignments Author:Newt Gingrich
“It is time for a new compact among the civilized peoples of this world to eradicate war at its most fundamental source: the corruption of young minds by violent ideology.” WorldMindWarYoungThis WorldSourceFundamentalsCorruptionViolentIdeologyCivilizedCompactYoung Minds Author:Barack Obama
“There's only one man really responsible for those events - Yahya Khan. Both he and his advisers were so drunk with power and corruption they'd even forgotten the honor of the army.” MenEventsHonorArmyResponsibleForgottenCorruptionDrunkOne ManAdviserPower And Corruption Author:Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
“I think what gives me hope is I have the sense that the people of Kenya have turned the page. They are keen to get a new political dispensation. They are keen to fight corruption and impunity, and in that sense they are leaving the political elite behind.” PeopleThinkingGivingPoliticalFightingBehindsPagesGive MeLeavingCorruptionElitesKenyaImpunity Author:Kofi Annan
“The changes I envisage and that I have promised to address within my first 90 days in office are; Dismantling the cabals of tribalism that are choking our country and resulting in runaway corruption and frustration for the people of Kenya.” PeopleFirstsCountryOfficeCorruptionOur CountryAddressesFrustrationChokeKenyaTribalismRunawayCabal Author:Raila Odinga
“Musalia [Mudavadi] was created by [Daniel Toroitich arap] Moi and given his seat after his father's death since Musalia's was one of Moi's key men and a beneficiary of the grand corruption of the day. I am aware of this but I recognize that I cannot get perfect partners, and truly my friends; there is an election to be won.” MenFatherGivenPerfectKeysMy FriendsElectionCorruptionPartnersSeatsBeneficiariesPerfect Partner Author:Raila Odinga
“I have always taken measures to fight corruption, to attract investment, to create a better context for investment in Greece.” FightingTakenInvestmentCorruptionGreece Author:Alexis Tsipras
“We are continuously looking at the question of increasing the capacity of Home Affairs and that is why Home Affairs introduced mobile units, to be able to reach people. The matter of the establishment of the Social Security Agency was to deal with the matter of the more efficient distribution of these grants, the reductions in the levels of corruption and greater sensitivity. You are dealing with vulnerable people, like the elderly, who you needed to find a way of addressing, so that people don't have to be waiting in the sun in the queue, and so on.” PeopleWayMatterHomeAbleSocialWaitingLevelsDealsSunGreaterSecurityNeededCapacityAffairCorruptionVulnerableAgencyGrantsEstablishmentEfficientUnitsSensitivitySocial SecurityDistributionMobileElderlyReductionQueues Author:Thabo Mbeki
“The situation in Georgia is determined by the breakaway regions Abkhazia and South Ossetia. While we must acknowledge the reforms initiated by Mikheil Saakashvili that drastically lowered the level of corruption and authoritarian structures in the Georgian state, under the above-mentioned circumstances, the ruling elite must keep a firm grip on the country.” CountryStatesLevelsSituationCircumstancesStructureSouthCorruptionDeterminedReformFirmAcknowledgeRegionsElitesRulingGeorgiaGeorgiansBreakaway Author:Garry Kasparov
“The heartbreak of runaway corruption, abuse of power and indefensible criminality by our government and media should, must inspire all good we-the-people Americans to wake the hell up from the embarrassing self-inflicted curse of apathy and start demanding Constitutional accountability from our elected employees.” PeopleShouldHeartSelfGovernmentHellMediaInspireAbuseCorruptionCurseEmployeeAccountabilityApathyEmbarrassingAbuse Of PowerRunawayCriminalitySelf Inflicted Author:Ted Nugent
“I saw money becoming more and more important everywhere. It's one of the most abstract and important inventions by human beings. At the same time, money is capable of extraordinary corruption in every kind of relationship.” HumansKindImportantHuman BeingsSawsBecomingCapableExtraordinaryCorruptionInventionAbstractBecoming More Author:Costa-Gavras
“The energy of compassion is very strong. We suffer. That is real. But we have learned not to get angry and not to allow ourselves to be carried by anger. We realize right away that that is fear. That is corruption.” RealSufferingEnergyStrongRealizingCompassionAngryCorruptionVery Strong Author:Nhat Hanh
“Deeply versed in history, [John Adams] said over and over that America had no special providence, no special role in history, that Americans were no different from other peoples, that the United States was just as susceptible to viciousness and corruption as any other nation. In this regard, at least, Jefferson's vision has clearly won the day.” SaidDifferentStatesAmericaNationsUnitedVisionRolesUnited StatesSpecialRegardCorruptionProvidenceSusceptible Author:Gordon S. Wood
“Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.” WarCountryPowerCorruptionCommunismCommunistCommunism And SocialismPower And CorruptionPower Corruption Author:John F. Kennedy
“Right now we're concerned about budget. Right now we're concerned about the prospect of interest rate rise. We're concerned about government corruption, government handing out deals to specific groups. Coolidge fixed a problem like that. He came into a rough time and he, and Harding before him, fixed that by budgeting.” ProblemGovernmentInterestDealsGroupsRight NowConcernedRateCorruptionBudgetsFixedRoughRough TimesInterest RateGovernment CorruptionBudgetingHarding Author:Amity Shlaes
“As a president, you've got to show some example. I am disturbed for instance when I read that a candidate said, 'I will not probe anybody or something like that'. You don't fight corruption by sweeping everything under the carpet, you don't. You just say, am going to allow the law take its course; I am going to empower the agencies which has been set up for such specific purpose of stemming the corrupt out flow of resources from this nation and don't even talk to me about corruption beyond saying you going to strengthen existing institutions.” Has BeensSaidShowsLawPurposeFightingCoursesNationsPresidentExampleResourcesFlowInstitutionsCorruptionInstanceAgencyCandidatesEmpoweringCarpetDisturbedTalk To MeSweeping Author:Wole Soyinka
“When you are looking for corruption, you should look at the entire stratum of the society, while some forms of corruption are direct, others are indirect.” ShouldLooksFormDirectCorruptionIndirect Author:Wole Soyinka
“When I was a child, for a public/civil servant to be caught in corrupt practices, that individual will be a pariah. He will be a complete reject of the society; he/she could not raise his or her voice to speak in the public. So what happened between that time and now? That time when a public officer, prison or customs officer caught in corruption hides his face in shame amongst his peers, he just couldn't come out publicly. Today, when they come back, they get chieftaincy titles, they are received in grand style, cows are killed, they ride on white horses.” ChildrenTodayFacesIndividualSpeakVoiceWhitePracticeHappenedStyleHorseShameRaisesPrisonCaughtCorruptionTitlesServantRejectsCustomsOfficersCowsPeersCivil ServantsWhite HorsePariahs Author:Wole Soyinka
“When you fight corruption, corruption strikes back and that is the truth because when you fight corruption, you get confidence and when it gets to impunity, then it gets aggressive and says, 'oh, so you think you are different? You think you are tough and different?' This is why some of us are almost permanently in the libel court.” ThinkingDifferentFightingTruth IsToughCourtCorruptionStrikesAggressiveImpunityLibelStrike Back Author:Wole Soyinka
“It is not fair to those who fight corruption that they have to fight the aggressiveness, the impunity of the corrupt.” FightingFairsCorruptionNot FairImpunityAggressiveness Author:Wole Soyinka
“Next to the commodities of corruption, and religion, however, Nigeria is the world capital of rumour mongering.” WorldNextCorruptionCommodityNigeriaRumours Author:Wole Soyinka
“You look across this country people are fed up with Washington. This [2016] election was the American people saying, enough already with the corruption in Washington and it's both parties.” PeopleLooksCountryEnoughPartyElectionCorruptionFedsFed UpEnough Already Author:Ted Cruz
“Karzai is Afghanistan's first democratically elected president. He brought the international community into partnership on an unprecedented level, and he championed a new constitution that is liberal, democratic and still very Afghan. All of that does reflect a vision. But he's presided over a country that is still in conflict, and he hasn't taken some of the difficult decisions his own government wanted him to take. On corruption, he hasn't been as decisive as he should've been. There are legitimate questions about him.” ShouldFirstsDoeStillsCountryGovernmentWantedDifficultPresidentCommunityDecisionLevelsVisionTakenConflictConstitutionDemocraticInternationalCorruptionAfghanistanPartnershipUnprecedentedInternational CommunityAfghanDifficult Decisions Author:Chris Alexander
“It goes to local authorities and even to members of Parliament so that individual citizens almost become people who want to sit and wait for their member of Parliament to come and solve the problem. Now that won't take you anywhere. And if you follow it, you will see that it feeds corruption in the country.” PeopleIfsWantCountryProblemIndividualWaitingCitizensMembersAuthorityCorruptionSolveLocalsParliamentMembers Of Parliament Author:Wangari Maathai
“We create these boom-bust cycles by manipulating the money supply and the interest rates and directing it where it went in. And that is what happened with housing: pushed into housing combination of easy money plus all the regulations, and we created this boom-bust cycle, and corruption, because corruption goes with it, because you don't have the same discipline. So we've got to stop all that.” EasyInterestHappenedDisciplineRateCorruptionCombinationCyclesPlusRegulationHousingInterest RateEasy Money Author:Charles Koch
“I don't think Israelis are less critical of corruption than people in Italy, France or America. Israel is special in a different way. There is a daytime Israel and a nighttime Israel. The first is self-confident, pushy and passionate, like other Mediterranean lands. It is hedonistic, materialistic and almost arrogant. During the nighttime, people are terrified, people are filled with existential dreads. These fears aren't baseless.” PeopleThinkingWayFirstsDifferentSelfAmericaLandSpecialFilledPassionateIsraelCorruptionCriticalFranceDifferent WaysArrogantDreadExistentialTerrifiedMaterialisticDaytimeNighttimeSelf ConfidentHedonisticPushy Author:Amos Oz
“The culture of death is imposed by economic and political interests, the arrogance of power, corruption. I blame the first world for having taken our riches for so many years. I am speaking of the superpowers that dominate the life of the world. More concretely, the World Bank, the IMF. Those that have caused and tolerated the death of our people, those responsible for the plundering of the third world. Silence is also part of repression.” PeopleWorldYearsFirstsPoliticalCultureInterestSilenceTakenEconomicThirdsResponsibleBlameCorruptionRichesArroganceSilence IsRepressionThird WorldSuperpowerPower CorruptsImfWorld BankPower Corruption Author:Rigoberta Menchu