#corrupt

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#corrupt #democracy #election #few #incompetent

The Bollywood distribution system is so corrupt that they have trouble making money off movies. So they sell shoes that an actress stepped in. If they turned up the amps some, maybe they could sell the actresses. ↗

— Bruce Sterling

#amps #bollywood #corrupt #could #distribution

There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment - and nothing more corrupting. ↗

— A. J. P. Taylor

#corrupting #establishment #life #make #more

I promise, before God and my community, to seek reforms so that the powerful and corrupt are no longer above the law. ↗

— Andrew Thomas

#before #community #corrupt #god #i

I think it's very easy to get corrupted. ↗

— Steve Chabot

#easy #get #i #i think #think

I’m famous for my Shepherd’s Pie. Here’s my recipe: lamb, potatoes, cheese, peas, paprika, and a wool-covered apron for the chef/shepherd/wolf-like politician to wear while serving the sheeple up.
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— Jarod Kintz

#funny #humor #politicians #politics #recipe

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

— Mario Monti

#evasion #government #greatest #priorities #tackling

We have a circle of corruption and impunity that is too strong. ↗

— Josefina Vazquez Mota

#corruption #impunity #strong #too

What did “good government” really mean? Langlie and his brotherhood promised an end to political corruption. (There’s no evidence that Langlie ever even took a drink, much less a bribe.) The days of “honest graft” were over, at least for a while. But seen from another perspective—that of ordinary citizens without access to Langlie and Abram’s elite network—Langlie didn’t so much end corruption as legalize it. Langlie wasn’t opposed to a government organized around the interests of the greedy; he just didn’t want to have to break the law to serve them. ↗

— Jeff Sharlet

#bribery #government #legality #political-corruption #united-states

Love is both wondrous and yet full of peril. Love is a gateway through which hatred - disguised and unrecognized - can pass. ↗

— David Gemmell

#emotion #hate #love #love