Stephen Harper Quotes

Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem.

Corruption is one of the high priorities of my agenda.

Corruption has to be removed from the whole country.

If we are to put a stop to corruption and state capture, those responsible must be brought to book.

In Canada, things are very honest.

In Minnesota, we hold our leaders to a higher standard. We demand that the men and women we send to Washington stand above reproach and steer clear of the web of corruption, kickbacks and special favors.

We must weed out corruption and build a strong system of justice that the people can trust.

We must reduce corruption to its fair proportions.

Corruption is not the sole test of your worthiness to form the government.

We have realized that corruption is rife, and we are going to address it. We are going to root out corruption, and that is a promise I can make.

I believe that transparency is the solution to our problem on corruption.

Ethiopia did not have the same problem [of corruption]. African leaders looked at us with envy.

Corruption hates what is not corrupt.

Even with the right political climate, would the wrong people refrain from doing the wrong thing?

This idea that you can't be an honest man and a Washington politician is a myth, a crock made up by sellouts and careerist hacks who don't stand for anything and are impatient with people who do. It's possible to do this job with honor and dignity.

Fighting corruption is not a one-night affair.

This House cannot function without an open, accountable, and independent ethics process; and the molestation of that process by the majority is an abuse of power that cannot stand.

We have now recently launched the national integrity plan.

In the Mexico we want, there is no room for corruption, for cover-ups, and least of all for impunity.

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.

All my life I have fought corruption.

Business does not go where there is corruption and the rule of law does not apply.

A dominion then, whose well-being depends on any man's good faith, and whose affairs cannot be properly administered, unless those who are engaged in them will act honestly, will be very unstable. On the contrary, to insure its permanence, its public affairs should be so ordered, that those who administer them, whether guided by reason or passion, cannot be led to act treacherously or basely.

Corruption undermines public confidence in our country and institutions. It is a huge cost to the economy. Combating it will take courage, determination and perseverance. The most effective means of doing it is by creating a climate not receptive to corruption.

An honest man in politics shines more there than he would elsewhere.