Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj Quotes

Corruption is a cancer on the body of development.

We cannot survive if we give corruption any chance. Corruption can only exist with an umbrella from the top.

We must rid the country of corruption, cronyism and nepotism.

Democracies can no longer tolerate bribery, fraud and dishonesty, especially as such practices disproportionately hurt the poor.

Tolerance of corruption, explicit and implicit, has made it impossible to govern…. We need absolute transparency of all the assets of government officials.

Corruption is one of the most common reasons I hear in views that criticize aid.

Conflict of interest and lack of transparency, though they are global features as we saw post-Iraq, almost define Indian cricket.

Corruption may be one way of surmounting traditional laws or bureaucratic regulations which hamper economic expansion.

Corruption is a punitive tax on those who can least afford it.

As long as government exists, corruption will exist. It is an illness of government and can only be cured by the people.

Sometimes I think that before we set up war crimes tribunals we should set up Corruption Inquiries and Commissions as corruption always is present in these states.

The Bank had never used the word 'corruption' at all until I got there, and the reason for that was, as the general counsel pointed out to me, that quite a number of our shareholders represented were not immune from corruption in their governments.

There can be no compromise regarding corruption.

I can tolerate anything but corruption and nepotism.

We are all aware that corruption is pervasive. It operates at every level. The poor may carry its greatest burden, but it is an affliction that every Indian is desperate to be rid of.

I will be happy with certainly when the corruption index improve.

When it comes to governments and corporations, we should demand that less is secret. That's where corruption flowers.

In the year since we brought things into the open with a clean breath of fresh air at City Hall, we have learned about corrupt spending practices and unethical conflicts of interest that waste your money... and keep Dallas from being the great city of our dreams.

Well, I thought the deal was, when you went to work for the government you weren't supposed to make money!

Corruption is the enemy of development, and of good governance. It must be got rid of. Both the government and the people at large must come together to achieve this national objective.

Corruption is not a problem just for some countries; this is a global issue.

I'm very interested in how corruption works - and it's not necessarily the way one might expect.

Pomp corrupts church officials

Government ought to be all outside and no inside [for] corruption thrives in secret places [and] it [is] a fair presumption that secrecy means impropriety.

This career [politics] of plundering and blundering.