Book of Exodus Quotes

Do not take bribes, for they blind the clear-eyed and upset the pleas of the just.

The great corrupter of public man is the ego.

Politics is so corrupt that even the dishonest people get fucked.

Every time I see corruption, it pains me.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.

Corruption never has been compulsory.

All those men have their price.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

As long as dishonorable success outranks honest effort—as long as society bows and cringes before the great thieves, there will be little ones enough to fill the jails.

Many government officials have very high moral standards at the beginning of their duties, but after a while some officials sway from the right path and easily fall into the temptation of bribery and fraud.

There can be no compromise regarding corruption.

I never took a bribe. This is the truth, and there is no other.

Men are more often bribed by their loyalties and ambitions than by money.

The last temptation is the greatest treason: to do the right deed for the wrong reason.

Nowadays those are rewarded who make right appear wrong.

When a man lies, he murders some part of the world.

I think it's very easy to get corrupted.

An ounce of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition.

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.

Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.

White lies always introduce others of a darker complexion.

I cannot accept fraud.

When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy.

There is hardly a single person in the House of Commons worth painting; though many of them would be better for a little whitewashing.

He who thinks that anything can be accomplished with money will himself likely to do anything for money.