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Corruption Quotes - Page 2

A corrupt judge does not carefully search for the truth.

"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, pp. 411-412, ("Satires", Book II. 2. 8), 1922.

The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst.

David Hume (1957). “The Natural History of Religion”, p.51, Stanford University Press

Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.

Jonathan Swift (1768). “The works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...: With the author's life and character; notes, historical, critical, and explanatory; tables of contents, and indexes. More complete than any preceding edition ... Accurately corrected by the best editions”, p.365

Corruption wins not more than honesty.

'Henry VIII' (1613) act 3, sc. 2, l. 441

We know that the wages of secrecy are corruption. We know that in secrecy error, undetected, will flourish and subvert.

"Encouragement of Science". J. Robert Oppenheimer's address at Science Talent Institute (March 6, 1950), as quoted in "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists", Volume 7, No. 1 (pp. 6-8), January 1951.

Corruption is not a Canadian value!

"Stephen Harper and the Future of Canada". Book by William Johnson, 2009.

There is no part of the world where corruption is absolutely eliminated.

"Nigeria's Olusegun Obasanjo: Fighting corruption is not a one-night affair" by Peter Guest, www.theguardian.com. June 27, 2012.

In general, corruption tends to exist whenever governments have favors to extend, or something to sell.

Alan Greenspan (2008). “The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World”, p.275, Penguin