Gertrude Stein Quotes

Democracy has shown us that what is evil are the grosses têtes, the big heads, all big heads are greedy for money and power, they are ambitious that is the reason they are big heads and so they are at the head of the government and the result is misery for the people

It is a matter of common knowledge that the government of South Carolina is under domination of a small ring of cunning, conniving men.

If monarchy is corrupting - and it is - wait till you see what overt empire does to us.

I think very poorly of United Russia. United Russia is the party of corruption, the party of crooks and thieves.

Judge for yourself who's still fighting for change and who got sick on power, because the person in the Miraflores has forgotten about the people of Venezuela.

We did not find it difficult to deal with Bush and his administration, because it is similar to regimes in our countries - both types include many who are full of arrogance and greed.

Yes, citizens, Iturbide was a traitor, a hypocrite and an impious man who destroyed the assembly in which the people had deposited their sovereignty in order to appropriate it all to himself

They were both obnoxious, drunk with their power …. they were the hatchet men of the Nixon administration, the killers, the psychopaths in residence

Too many leaders in … countries turned out to be more interested in using their freedom to loot rather than liberate.

when greed and fear are linked to power, you have a dangerous mix. We see that in political life. In part of the world, the mix of greed and fear means that those who get power become reluctant to give it back. One of the many things I like and admire in our democracies are the norms that make our leaders hand over power when voters tell them to

Banana republics are run on cronyism.

Russia's leaders, rich with oil wealth and corrupt with power, have rejected democratic ideals and the obligations of a responsible power.

The problem with Russia is not corruption per se, or even Putin per se. Russian government is not corrupt because Vladimir Putin has absolute power. Russian government has been corrupt and will always be as long as anyone has absolute power.

The perversions are as follows: of royalty, tyranny; of aristocracy, oligarchy; of constitutional government, democracy.

Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the oligarchy was sometimes abused, but it certainly ought not to be regarded as a mere usurpation or engine of tyranny.

There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress.

Many rich people in China made their fortunes by damaging natural resources and building corrupt relations with the government.

I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood.

Power is always a corrupting influence.

The American people might have a criminal syndicate running their government.

Surveillance changes history. We know this through examples of corrupt presidents like Nixon.

There is a tendency in all parties, when they have been for a long time in possession of power, to augment it.

Government by blackmail is incompatible with democracy.

Either force or corruption has been the principle of every modern government.

Government isn't a religion. It shouldn't be treated as such. It's not God; it's humans, fallible people, feathering their nests most of the time.