“I've always seen my campaigns against corruption as political work of a purer form than what opposition leaders usually do. All they do is hold roundtables and release political statements, which is all well and good. But there are concrete things that need to get done in order to achieve the basic goal of every opposition politician.” NeedsWellsDoneFormPoliticalOrderGoalLeaderAchievePoliticianCorruptionCampaignsStatementsReleaseOppositionConcrete Author:Alexei Navalny
“It is a governing principle of nature, that the agency which can produce most good, when perverted from its proper aim, is most productive of evil. It behooves the well-intentioned, therefore, vigorously to watch the tendency of even their most highly prized institutions, since that which was established in the interests of the right, may so easily become the agent of the wrong.” WellsMayEvilInterestPrinciplesWatchesVirtueSocietyProduceIntegrityAimInstitutionsCorruptionTendenciesAgentsAgencyProductiveGoverning Author:James F. Cooper
“The Republicans I've been talking to have said, 'Oh, the public is cynical about indictments, they happen so often.' Well, that's whistling past the graveyard, because the average voter is only going to remember that one of the big Republican head honchos in Congress was indicted. They won't remember the name or position, but they'll remember it says Congress is corrupt and maybe the majority party is corrupt.” WellsSaidBigsHappensPastRememberNamesPartyTalkingPositionRepublicanMajorityCongressAverageCorruptionVotersCynicalGraveyardWhistlingIndictment Author:Larry Sabato
“Corruption is a major cause of poverty as well as a barrier to overcoming it. The two scourges feed off each other, locking their populations in a cycle of misery. Corruption must be vigorously addressed if aid is to make a real difference in freeing people from poverty.” PeopleIfsWellsTwoRealCausesDifferencesPovertyMajorsOvercomingMiseryPopulationCorruptionAidsBarriersCyclesScourgeCauses Of Poverty Author:Peter Eigen
“Men with the muckrake are often indispensable to the well-being of society, but only if they know when to stop raking the muck.” IfsKnowsMenWellsCorruptionWell BeingIndispensableCorrupt Society Author:Theodore Roosevelt