#corruption

Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it. ↗

— Frank Herbert

#power #corruption

It's not just spending, it's not just taxes, it's not just corruption, it is progressivism, and it is in both parties. It is in the Republicans and the Democrats. ↗

— Glenn Beck

#corruption #democrats #just #parties #progressivism

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

— Georges Bernanos

#corruption #end #first #justifies #means

Big government conservatives are spending trillions and wasting billions. Republicans are no longer the party of fiscal conservancy, but the party of runaway spending and corruption. ↗

— Sherrod Brown

#big government #billions #conservatives #corruption #fiscal

This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at all, by finding ways to encourage legislators to subordinate ambition to principle. ↗

— James L. Buckley

#ambition #controlled #corruption #democratic #democratic system

Look, we know we screwed up when we were in the majority. We fell in love with power. We spent way too much money - especially on earmarks. There was too much corruption when we ran this place. We were guilty. And that's why we lost. ↗

— Eric Cantor

#earmarks #especially #fell #guilty #know

And I am saying, how about the other two branches? And putting the pressure on our representatives in the Senate and the Congress, and the court system. They should be counter-acting this corruption, but they are sitting there silent. ↗

— Sibel Edmonds

#am #branches #congress #corruption #court

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

I am a relatively new Member to this Chamber, and it is troublesome to me and I can tell Members it is getting very troublesome to my constituents when they hear this repeated consistent drum beat of a corruption of the democratic process. ↗

— Jay Inslee

#beat #chamber #consistent #constituents #corruption