| Citat |
Sagt av |
| Allmän rösträtt leder nästan oundvikligen till styre genom massbestickning. en försäljning på auktion av den orepresenterade minoritetens materiella goda. | W. R. Inge |
| De flesta människor som man har gjort en tjänst betraktar det som ett tillfälle att mer visa sin omutlighet än sin tacksamhet. Det är betydligt enklare för moralen och ökar ibland deras stolthet så mvcket att de snart börjar se ned på sin välgörare. | Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931) |
| Det sägs att makten korrumperar, men det är i själva verket makten som attraherar korrupta. De kloka attraheras av andra andra saker än makt. | David Brinkley (1920-2003) |
| Kommunism är en korrumperad dröm om rättvisa. | Adlai E. Stevenson (1900-1965) |
| Korruption är alkemi, ett försök att förvandla mindre ädla ämnen till ädlare. Man ger en åsna hö i hopp om att den ska skita dukater. | Hans Kasper |
| Nackdelen med korruption är att det inte alls är så enkelt att hitta någon som gärna vill korrumpera en. | Raimund Vidrányi |
| Om man erbjuder en regering pengar för att utöva inflytande på den är det korrupption. Om någon tar emot pengar för tjänster som gjorts senare är det provision. | Adnan Khashoggi |
| Corruption never has been compulsory | Anthony Eden (1897-1977) |
| The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference | Bess Myerson (1924-) |
| Don't buy a single vote more than necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide. | John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) |
| Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy. | Peter Ustinov (1921-2004) |
| The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently | Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844-1900) |
| Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today | Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) |
| Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase. | Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832) |
| Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy. | Peter Ustinov (1921-2004) |
| Every man has his price | Publius Cornelius Tacitus (55-117) |
| Calvin: Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man? Hobbes: I'm not sure that man needs the help | Publius Cornelius Tacitus (55-117) |
| The more corrupt the state, the more laws. | Publius Cornelius Tacitus (55-117) |
| Corruption never has been compulsory | Anthony Eden (1897-1977) |
| Money and Corruption Are ruining the land Crooked politicians Betray the working man, Pocketing the profits And treating us like sheep, And we're tired of hearing promises That we know they'll never keep | Ray Davies (1944-) |
| Corruption of the best becomes the worst | Georges Bernanos (1888-1948) |
| The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means | Georges Bernanos (1888-1948) |
| We are corrupted by prosperity | Publius Cornelius Tacitus (55-117) |
| "Corruption continues with us beyond the grave," She said, "and then plays merry hell with all ideas | Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832) |
| Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase. | Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832) |
| Every man has his price | Proverb |
| It’s a sad day when you have members of Congress who are literally criminals go undisciplined by their colleagues. No wonder people look at Washington and know this city is broken. | Senator John Kerry (1943-) |