Corruption Quotes

The sport of horse racing which, at its best, showcases the majestic beauty of this animal and the athleticism of jockeys, has reached an alarming level of corruption and exploitation.

Tom Udall

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There are two things in Indian history - one is the incredible optimism and potential of the place, and the other is the betrayal of that potential - for example, corruption. Those two strands intertwine through the whole of Indian history, and maybe not just Indian history.

Salman Rushdie

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It's interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant.

Martin Scorsese

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Corporate corruption has ecological merits. It's helping to preserve that species known as Democrats - thought to be endangered as recently as the year 2000.

P. J. O'Rourke

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Over the year,s the government launched more than one 'war on corruption,' and they all failed. Why? Because they all started from the bottom up.

Mohammad bin Salman

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The givers of most of the corruption in Africa are from outside Africa.

Olusegun Obasanjo

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Police work in major cities - and New York is no exception - has always been vulnerable to corruption. Teddy Roosevelt built his career on it.

Don Winslow

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The worst affected from corruption is the common man.

Kailash Kher

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For Mexicans, corruption is not a deal breaker.

Denise Dresser

CorruptionDealMexicansBreaker

When leaders are no longer beholden to the people who elected them, corruption results and the recruitment of extremists becomes easier.

Iqbal Quadir

PeopleCorruptionResultsWhoEasier

I filed the ethics complaint against Tom DeLay not because I'm a Democrat and he's a Republican or even because he drew me out of my congressional seat but because he engaged in corruption to further his plans to disenfranchise voters in Texas.

Chris Bell

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I have a very steadfast tendency to parent myself, to monitor my development into the person I want to be. I've tried to keep the corruption minimal.

Fiona Apple

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There is an interesting interplay between power corrupting and corruption empowering. The causality does not go one way.

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita

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Where do the evils like corruption arise from? It comes from the never-ending greed. The fight for corruption-free ethical society will have to be fought against this greed and replace it with 'what can I give' spirit.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

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Watching the economies in various parts of the world, I believe that there is scope for improvement everywhere. There is some corruption and inefficiency everywhere.

Athanasios Orphanides

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Corruption is the by-product of discretion when there is scope for interpretation of policies.

Piyush Goyal

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Obscenity, which is ever blasphemy against the divine beauty in life, is a monster for which the corruption of society forever brings forth new food, which it devours in secret.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Betting by insiders has a corrosive effect. It breeds suspicion, adds to the appearance of corruption, invites more corruption, and, in a sport like boxing, puts lives at risk.

Thomas Hauser

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The two greatest priorities for my government are tackling tax evasion and corruption.

Mario Monti

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It's an awful thing to be aware of your own corruption. I think a lot of people are bound by the particular economic system we work in to serve companies and masters who aren't really telling people what they're doing.

Mark Rylance

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The plan was always to come to America, because Pakistan's a scary place. They don't have religious freedom. It's very poor, and there's a lot of violence and corruption.

Kumail Nanjiani

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WikiLeaks has revealed some hard truths about the Iraq and Afghan wars and broken stories about corporate corruption.

Julian Assange

BrokenCorruptionHardCorporate

As a consequence, the Court ruled that the limits on campaign spending violated the First Amendment, but it accepted the $1,000 limit on individual contributions on the ground that the need to avoid the appearance of corruption justified this limited constraint on speech.

James L. Buckley

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All around the world, there is corruption, tribalism and division, as many find it easier to pick on those that are different, which is why we need to hold tightly to the good in this world.

Ger Duany

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