Pratibha Patil Quotes

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

We have now recently launched the national integrity plan.

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.

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 will be happy with certainly when the corruption index improve.

We mustn't hesitate to cut corruption at its roots.

Everyone needs to understand that my work addresses existing problems, and one of the crucial problems in Russia today is corruption.

The state is obliged to fight corruption within the government.

We're doing a lot about corruption... it takes a long time and we are doing the right measures. It took 20 years for the system under successive military governments to become so corrupt, so it will take time to bring it under control.

Next in importance to the maintenance of the Constitution and the Union is the duty of preserving the Government free from the taint or even the suspicion of corruption.

Without legal and political institutions that control corruption, pro-growth policies will be ineffective.

Take corruption, right? Take political corruption. Europe, the Anglosphere, northern Europe, has been kind of a miracle zone - and I'm not saying there's no corruption, of course - but in being somehow able to minimize political corruption.

The issue of corruption in the humanitarian system is not an issue which is fundamentally different from dangers of corruption in other areas. One of the best ways to strengthen accountability is to engage in principled and law-based humanitarian action.

Transparency in government leads to reduced corruption.

The two greatest priorities for my government are tackling tax evasion and corruption.

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

I think President Karzai realizes exactly how important it is to strengthen the fight against corruption in the country now, step up endeavors to stop the drug trade and to deliver better governance. He said as much in his inaugural address.

Fighting corruption is not a one-night affair.

Good government only happens when the people working in it do their jobs, and do them well.

I see corruption as a mortal enemy for young democracies.

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

We must uphold the fighting of tigers and flies at the same time, resolutely investigating law-breaking cases of leading officials and also earnestly resolving the unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems which happen all around people.

To restore and keep the public's confidence in the integrity of their government, state government and its officials must be open, honest and transparent.