#corruption

Life is a corrupting process from the time a child learns to play his mother off against his father in the politics of when to go to bed; he who fears corruption fears life. ↗

— Saul Alinsky

#bed #child #corrupting #corruption #father

The time has come to tell the truth about the corruption of the government employee unions in this country. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#come #corruption #country #employee #government

My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots. ↗

— George Weah

#anyone #boots #corrupt #corruption #dealt

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

— Anna Lindh

#corruption #democratic #democratic society #far #oppression

We must fight against negativeness - especially bureaucracy, corruption and wastefulness. ↗

— Nong Duc Manh

#bureaucracy #corruption #especially #fight #must

Whoever looks at America will see: the ship is powered by stupidity, corruption, or prejudice. ↗

— Johann Most

#corruption #looks #powered #prejudice #see

The present Arab uprising didn't stem from Israel. The old guard is trying to keep down the young chickens. The old guard is better organized. They may win elections, but unless they have a solution to poverty, to corruption, to oppression, they will not last. I am with the young people. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#arab #better #chickens #corruption #down

People talk about immigration, but they won't talk about the corruption that actually exists between Mexico and the U.S. ↗

— Robert Rodriguez

#actually #between #corruption #exists #immigration

In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous. ↗

— Tacitus

#laws #must #numerous #state #very

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