#corruption

The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference. ↗

— Bess Myerson

#corruption #crime #frequently #indifference #our

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

We know we are all tarnished, so we doubt everyone else too. It is sad situation, where we need a leader but cannot really trust anyone. ↗

— Chetan Bhagat

#india #politics #india

Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace. ↗

— James Thomson

#disgrace #happy #man #natural #natural state

All institutions are prone to corruption and to the vices of their members. ↗

— Morris West

#institutions #members #prone #their #vices

Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#corruption #infallible #liberty #most #symptom

Humans are capable of so much more. Power mongers like you have stripped away what is most valuable to us, the importance of our heritage and family values. We have been robbed of this, blinded by your authority, while you encourage us to burry ourselves in debt and rely on our corrupt governments. Men and women around the world have been forced to work long hours to keep up with inflated debts, all the while abandoning the families they struggle to support. History repeats, and repeats. It’s time to break the cycle and start anew. ↗

— Aaron B. Powell

#history-repeating-itself #politics #science-fiction #family

The victory of Hamas is not only based on the corruption of the Palestinian Authority. Hamas has a vision and a program, and this is the reason why the Palestinian people chose Hamas. However, there is no doubt that the corruption helped Hamas's victory. ↗

— Ismail Haniyeh

#based #chose #corruption #doubt #hamas

The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst. ↗

— David Hume

#corruption #gives #rise #things #worst

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

— Claudio Hummes

#corruption #forcibly #land #price #see