“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
“Humility is the situation of the earth. It's there silent and accepting everything and in a miraculous way making out of all the refuse new richness...transforming corruption itself into a power of life and a new possibility of creativeness, open to the sunshine, open to the rain, ready to receive any seed we sow and capable of bringing thirtyfold, sixtyfold, a hundredfold out of every seed.” WayEarthSituationAcceptingLandPossibilityHumilityReadyCapableRainSilentRefuseCorruptionSeedsSunshineMiraculousRichnessTransformingNew PossibilitiesCreativeness Author:Anthony of Sourozh
“Where is the justice of political power if it executes the murderer and jails the plunderer, and then itself marches upon neighboring lands, killing thousands and pillaging the very hills?” IfsWisdomPoliticalChurchJusticeLandKillingCorruptionHillsMarchJailMurdererPolitical PowerPillaging Author:Khalil Gibran
“Salt is the only rock directly consumed by man. It corrodes but preserves, desiccates but is wrested from the water. ... It preserves things from corruption - even as it corrodes other things with its bite. A little of it fertilizes the land; a lot sterilizes it.” MenLittlesWaterLandRocksCorruptionPreservesBitesSaltConsumed Author:Margaret Visser
“If you take a walk around Ouagadougou and make a list of the mansions you see, you will note that they belong to just a minority. How many of you who have been assigned to Ouagadougou from the farthest corners of the country have had to move every night because you've been thrown out of the house you have rented? To those who have acquired houses and land through corruption we say: start to tremble. If you have stolen, tremble, because we will come after you” IfsHas BeensCountryMovingNightHouseWalksLandNotesCorruptionCornersListsThrownMinoritiesEvery NightStolenMansions Book:Thomas Sankara speaks: the Burkina Faso revolution, 1983-87 Source: Thomas Sankara speaks: the Burkina Faso revolution, 1983-87
“Trusting as we did to the virtue of the people, the real people, not the politicians and demagogues, we passed through the most responsible and trying scenes, sustained by the bone and sinew of the nation, the laborers of the land, where alone, in these days of Bank rule, and ragocrat corruption, real virtue and love of liberty is to be found.” PeopleTryingRealFoundNationsLibertyVirtueLandPoliticianSceneAnd LoveResponsibleWorkersCorruptionBonesThese DaysLaborers Author:Andrew Jackson
“If the power of the Gospel is not felt throughout the length and breadth of the land, anarchy and misrule, degradation and misery, corruption and darkness will reign without mitigation or end.” IfsEndsFeltDarknessLandMiseryCorruptionLengthAnarchyReignDegradationBreadthReligious Books Author:Daniel Webster
“The Fall of the House of Zeus is a riveting American saga of ambition, cunning, greed, corruption, high life and low life in the land of Faulkner and Grisham. These are good ol' boys gone bad with flair, private jets, and lots of cash to carry. Curtis Wilkie, a child of the South and a reporter's reporter, is the perfect match for this wild ride.” ChildrenFallHousePerfectBoysGoneLandAmbitionLowsSouthGreedCorruptionCashReportersCunningJetZeusSagaFlairPrivate JetPerfect MatchWild Ride Author:Tom Brokaw