“I cite a good example, say, of agriculture, .. In agriculture we need to move with speed to bring to full utilization the land that is now in our possession. We need to curb aspects of corruption that are endemic in the economy. We need to be transparent in everything that we do. We need to be consistent in implementing the policies we would have agreed. And not implement policies one day and reverse them the other day.” NeedsMovingEconomyLandPolicyExampleOne DayAspectPossessionCorruptionSpeedConsistentReverseAgricultureTransparentGood ExamplesCurbCitingImplementingUtilization Author:Gideon Gono
“In some of the countries where we operate, there is a tradition of corruption, in which the political elites work with business in the framework of unsavory relationships.” CountryPoliticalEconomyTraditionCorruptionElitesFramework Author:Lee R. Raymond
“My work about corruption is to get people to see it less as a moral issue (right/wrong) and more as an economic issue (economies of influence and their effect).” PeopleMoralEconomyIssuesInfluenceEconomicEffectsCorruptionMoral IssuesEconomic Issues Author:Lawrence Lessig
“Corruption, embezzlement, fraud, these are all characteristics which exist everywhere. It is regrettably the way human nature functions, whether we like it or not. What successful economies do is keep it to a minimum. No one has ever eliminated any of that stuff.” WayHumansStuffEconomySuccessfulHuman NatureFunctionCorruptionCharacteristicsFraudMinimumEmbezzlement Author:Alan Greenspan
“Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country. It's kleptocracy, it's corruption, it's a nation that's really only dependent upon oil and gas for their economy.” CountryRealityPoliticsEnergyNationsMoneyEconomyPolicyCorruptionOilRussiaIdeologyDependentGasStationsForeign PolicyGas StationsOil And Gas Author:John McCain
“Whensoever, therefore, the legislative shall transgress this fundamental rule of society, and either by ambition, fear, folly, or corruption, endeavour to grasp themselves, or put into the hands of any other, an absolute power over the lives, liberties, and estates of the people, by this breach of trust they forfeit the power the people had put into the hands... and it devolves to the people, who have a right to resume their original liberty, and... provide for their own safety and security.” PeopleHandsPoliticsLibertyEconomySecurityAmbitionAbsolutesOriginalsSafetyFundamentalsCorruptionFollyLiberalismEstatesProperty RightsEndeavourResumesBreachForfeitAbsolute PowerSafety And SecurityBreach Of Trust Book:Two Treatises of Government: With a Supplement, Patriarcha, by Robert Filmer Source: Two Treatises of Government: With a Supplement, Patriarcha, by Robert Filmer