“Credulity is the common failing of inexperienced virtue; and he who is spontaneously suspicious may justly be charged with radical corruption.” MayCommonVirtueFailingCorruptionRadicalSuspiciousCredulity Book:The Wisdom of the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler Source: The Wisdom of the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler
“The Obama administration's agenda of maximizing dependency involves political favoritism cloaked in the raiment of "economic planning" and "social justice" that somehow produce results superior to what markets produce when freedom allows merit to manifest itself, and incompetence to fail. The administration's central activity - the political allocation of wealth and opportunity - is not merely susceptible to corruption, it is corruption.” PoliticalOpportunitySocialWealthJusticeResultsFailingEconomicProduceActivitySocial JusticeCorruptionPlanningSuperiorsAdministrationMeritAgendasManifestIncompetenceDependencySusceptibleMaximizingAllocationFavoritism Author:George Will
“If you look at great human civilizations, from the Roman Empire to the Soviet Union, you will see that most do not fail simply due to external threats but because of internal weakness, corruption or a failure to manifest the values and ideals they espouse.” IfsHumansLooksValuesFailingCivilizationWeaknessIdealsUnionsThreatCorruptionDuesInternalsEmpiresManifestSovietSoviet UnionRoman EmpireHuman Civilization Author:Cory Booker
“When people treat corruption as a routine part of the process, you have something far worse than wrongdoing or moral failing. You have a political cancer that breeds cynicism about democratic government and infects all of society.” PeopleGovernmentPoliticalProcessMoralFailingTreatsDemocraticCancerCorruptionRoutineCynicismWrongdoingDemocratic Government Author:Edward Brooke
“As long as we fail to face up to the past and deal with it accordingly, the future will smack of corruption.” LongPastFacesDealsFailingCorruptionSmack Author:Desmond Tutu
“Sampling out corruption is a very tough job, but I say so in all seriousness that we would be failing in our duty if we do not tackle this problem seriously and with determination.” IfsProblemWould BeJobsFailingDutyToughDeterminationCorruptionSeriousnessSampling Author:Lal Bahadur Shastri