best quotations about
Corruption |
| 28 quotes | Visits: 17,908 |
Quotations
 | You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook. — Harry Truman, 1884-1972, American President [1945-1953] 55 likes |
 | The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws. — Tacitus, 55-120 AD, Roman historian 41 likes |
 | Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many. — Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, American writer & philosopher 19 likes |
 | A married man with a family will do anything for money. — Talleyrand, 1754-1838, French statesman & diplomat 18 likes |
 | By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times over. — Gore Vidal, 1925-2012, American writer 14 likes |
 | Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. — George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925 14 likes |
 | Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods. — H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic 10 likes |
 | Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase. — Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, English cleric & writer 10 likes |
 | I usually accept bribes from both sides so that tainted money can never influence my decision. — Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher 10 likes |
 | If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already. — Bob Marley, 1945-1981, Jamaican singer 9 likes |
 | Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. — George Washington, 1732-1799, the first American President 8 likes |
 | The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too. — Oscar Levant, 1906-1972, American pianist 8 likes |
 | Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty. — Edward Gibbon, 1737-1794, English historian 7 likes |
 | Beware the influence of the military-industrial complex. — Dwight Eisenhower, 1890-1969, American general & President 7 likes |
 | All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. — Frank Herbert, 1920-1986, American sci-fi writer 7 likes |
 | He that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly become corrupt. — Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer 6 likes |
| Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power. — Eric Hoffer, 1902-1983, American writer & philosopher 5 likes |
 | Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power. |
 | To a shower of gold most things are penetrable. |
 | Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt. |
 | Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. |
 | When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. |
Latin Quotes
 | The corruption of the best is the worst of all. Corruptio optimi pessima. 27 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | We want either less corruption, or more chance to participate in it. — Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist 5 likes |
 | The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest. — Rodney Dangerfield, 1924-2004, American comedian 5 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | Bribe effectively. Δωροδόκει χρησίμως. — Periander of Corinth, 668-584 BC, tyrant of Corinth 3 likes |
Proverbs
 | Every man has his price. 12 likes |
 | A golden key can open any door. 6 likes |
