Corrupt Quotes

I think the American government is now the most corrupt government in the world.

Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

I used to look down on the world for being corrupt, but now I adore it for the utter magnificence of that corruption.

But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.

All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.

This is what happened to me when I received the governorship. The corrupt previous governor didn't do the handover. We received the Miranda governorship completely dismantled.

The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.

When the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.

Writing is sacred, other activities are profane, and I don't want them to corrupt my writing.

Chicago is not the most corrupt American city. It's the most theatrically corrupt.

People do not want politicians they know to be corrupt.

When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and taxes instead of properly allocating them to schools and hospitals.

Criticism of a policy is welcome. But in the garb of criticizing a policy, if you allege that the policy was made for corrupt purposes, I reject it.

Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below the surface.

Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party.

Sometime in the not too distant future, denying gays the right to marry will be viewed as historically corrupt - as corrupt as denying slaves their freedom.

It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty.

If a bank is robbed by one of its employees, do you think the bank is corrupt? I don't think so. I think it's a victim.

Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people.

Over the years, Western governments have been criticized for working with foreign police who have proved abusive or corrupt.

I have never intimidated the masses... I only intimidate corrupt officials.

Nick plays a corrupt politician, which is kind of a redundant statement.

Big-government economics breeds crony capitalism. It's corrupt, anything but neutral, and a barrier to broad participation in prosperity.

Voters definitely believe Washington is corrupt - but most think it's bipartisan.