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Wednesday, June 26th, 2024
the Week of Proper 7 / Ordinary 12
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Quotations regarding 'Corruption'

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Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem.
Imran Khan, Pakistani Athlete (1952-  )
I want to rid the country of corruption and return our economic environment.
Nestor Kirchner, Argentinian Statesman (1950-  )
Children also have artistic ability, and there is wisdom in there having it! The more helpless they are, the more instructive are the examples they furnish us; and they must be preserved free of corruption from an early age.
Paul Klee, Swiss Artist (1879-1940)
The knife of corruption endangered the life of New York City. The scalpel of the law is making us well again.
Edward Koch, American Politician (1924-  )
Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.
Karl Kraus, Austrian Writer (1874-1936)
Still, corruption and oppression are far too common threats to the democratic society.
Anna Lindh, Swedish Politician (1957-2003)
I have absolutely no idea what my generation did to enrich our democracy. We dropped the ball. We entered a period of complacency and closed our eyes to the public corruption of our democracy.
Wynton Marsalis, American Musician (1961-  )
I think we need to start with Philadelphia and make sure that we actually get some election reform in Philadelphia. Actually, a recent election was thrown out by a federal judge because of corruption with the voting process in Philadelphia.
Patrick McHenry, American Politician (1975-  )
We establish no religion in this country, nor will we ever. But we poison our society when we remove its theological underpinnings. We court corruption when we leave society devoid of belief.
Jeff Miller, American Politician (1959-  )
It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.
Charles de Montesquieu, French Philosopher (1689-1755)
Whoever looks at America will see: the ship is powered by stupidity, corruption, or prejudice.
Johann Most, German Revolutionary (1846-1906)
The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference.
Bess Myerson, American Model (1924-  )
I used to look down on the world for being corrupt, but now I adore it for the utter magnificence of that corruption.
Richard J. Needham, Canadian Cartoonist
Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.
John Henry Newman, British Clergyman (1801-1890)
The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the corruption of the soul.
Ben Nicholson, British Artist (1894-1982)
The corruption of the American soul is consumerism.
Ben Nicholson, British Artist (1894-1982)
Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today.
Olusegun Obasanjo, Nigerian Statesman (1937-  )
We are angry about paying the highest income taxes and property taxes in the nation and getting less and less for it. We are angry about our incompetent, dysfunctional government that pays no attention to the desires of the people. We are angry about the cesspool of corruption and conflicts of interests and self-dealing that is Albany.
Carl Paladino, American Politician (1946-  )
Other than my hundreds of arrests I really don't have that much experience with the law. While the majority of people aren't corrupt, there certainly is an awful lot of corruption in this country.
James Patterson, American Author (1947-  )
I would like to end world hunger and create world peace, stop corruption, stop drugs getting to kids.
Kelly Preston, American Actress (1962-  )
 
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