Top 1200 Government Corruption Quotes & Sayings - Page 12

What people fail to appreciate is that the currency of corruption in elective office is, not money, but votes.

Corruption requires looking into someone's soul and making judgments about their intent.

If I was in government and running government, I think I would use the government data, because I wouldn't know where else to look, quite frankly. And if I didn't like that data, I would work hard to make sure it got better and better and better, whether it was at the state or local or federal level.

Through transparency we expose corruption, but then there is no action taken against the corrupt.

Spirituality is allowing compassion and love to flourish. When belongness begins, corruption ends.

Fighting corruption is not just good governance. It's self-defense. It's patriotism.

In Kurosawa's films, the tragedy is that this strong man was crushed by corruption or mistrust at the end.

The federal government, state governments will not do without that tax revenue from tobacco no matter what. I've always thought it was one of the most contradictory setups that we have, because everything said publicly about the product is intended to besmirch it, impugn it, and do the same thing to the people that use it. And yet here's the government scoring, I mean, you want to talk about obscene profits, the government doesn't do a damn thing but stick its hand in. The government taxes tobacco at every stage. It taxes tobacco when the farmer's thinking about planting it.

But on the other hand government takes away a certain amount of liberty and in some countries it takes away all of liberty. And it will, everywhere, if people who fight government do not fight government any longer.

It isn't possible to give government just a little control over the economy and our lives. Once we cede that power to government, it uses the power to take more from us. That's why every year the government controls more of our lives.

There are so many colorful characters in Florida. There's a lot of money, development - not all of it good - and corruption.

If people want consultative government, the price is increased complexity and delay in arriving at decisions. If they want speed of government, then they must accept a greater degree of authoritarianism. I suspect that the real answer is that most people prefer the latter so long, that is, as government's decisions conform with their own views.

Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase.

We don't want our government building files on what people think about their government.

Government, obviously, cannot fill a child's emotional needs. Nor can it fill his spiritual and moral needs. Government is not a father or mother. Government has never raised a child, and it never will.

I am, in general, favourable to activism and social movements and hostile to graft and corruption.

One must not confuse the fight against corruption with the persecution of the rich or wealthy families.

Throughout my career, I have made rooting out public corruption a top priority.

People want government to solve problems, but government is often the cause of the problem.

Although I held public office for a total of sixteen years, I also thought of myself as a citizen-politician, not a career one. Every now and then when I was in government, I would remind my associates that "When we start thinking of government as 'us' instead of 'them,' we've been here too long." By that I mean that elected officeholders need to retain a certain skepticism about the perfectibility of government.

The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.

The first role of government is to help people who are in crisis or need. That's why we have government.

They that are discontented under monarchy, call it tyranny; and they that are displeased with aristocracy, call it oligarchy: so also, they which find themselves grieved under a democracy, call it anarchy, which signifies the want of government; and yet I think no man believes, that want of government, is any new kind of government.

He that accuses all mankind of corruption ought to remember that he is sure to convict only one.

The lordship of man over man is the root cause of all corrupt rule. In the light of this principle, no laws are legitimate except God's law, and no government is legitimate except those who rule as God's deputies, implementing God's laws alone, which no-one has the power to change. So I say to you: if you really want to root out corruption now so widespread on God's earth, stand up and fight against corrupt rule; take power and use it on God's behalf. It is useless to think you change things by preaching alone.

I want to rid the country of corruption and return our economic environment.

We see violence to forcibly seize land, at any price, murders and corruption.

Some people in India want to increase corruption and dishonesty in the name of caste.

I'm very interested in how corruption works - and it's not necessarily the way one might expect.

'Let's Move!' is not about having government tell people what to do, because government doesn't have all the answers.

All transitions are hard. We took over a country beaten down by lies and corruption.

We are fighting corruption and all illegal activities and building a culture of transparency and ethical governance.

If you really want to introduce corruption into legal marijuana, make it an all cash business.

...when the laws have ceased to be executed, as this can only come from the corruption of the republic, the state is already lost.

The way to end corruption is a progressive, policy driven state with proper implementation.

I've led a life working at every level of government, from Congress to local government.

Still, corruption and oppression are far too common threats to the democratic society.

I did not make any big speeches but acted upon working against corruption.

We should distinguish carefully skepticism about Big Government from contempt for all government.

I feel sick and disempowered, betrayed, angry and crushed by the corruption of all that I know is right.

I have... submitted the resignation of the government, and I have declared that I will not be a candidate to head the (next) government.

Democracy is not a form of government. It is a political philosophy that can be embodied in various systems of government.

My government, a government of national unity, will make all necessary structural reforms.

The corruption that hides in plain sight is the real threat to our democracy.

I have the courage of youth, and I'm not afraid of anything. My only enemies are illegality and corruption.

The Press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of the government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. And paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people.

The first tenet is that you should report corruption regardless of loyalty to incumbent or party.

We have to address individual acts of corruption. This is a necessary approach. Go after these individuals.

ANARCHY, or the government of each man by himself or as the English say, self -government.

The role of the government is not to solve religious or sectarian or ethnic problems. These are age-old. I don't think any government of the day can solve all differences. But the government of the day can deliver to our citizens and show our citizens that they are equal in front of the law.

The British government - any government - is potentially the worst [architectural] client in the world.

Yes, I would love to do more such films that take on issues like corruption.

Our anti-corruption systems have inherently and intently been kept flawed.

Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both.

Popular government has not yet been proved to guarantee, always and everywhere, good government.

Corruption is one of the most common reasons I hear in views that criticize aid.

All the things I used to count on to get my music out there - record companies, they're all gone. And radio stations, they're gone - they're completely controlled by the government. If they're not controlled by the government, they're controlled by a programmer who's controlled by the government. Mainstream radio is suspect. You can't trust it.

The British Government and the Irish Government have accepted very clearly the Mitchell Report.

It is a moral achievement on the part of the doctor who ought not to let himself be repelled by sickness and corruption.

Historically, it's very unusual after a change of government for the new government not to be returned.