Bill Browder Quotes

Despite high profile examples of local authorities been tried, convicted, and sometimes even executed for corruption, many officials simply calculate that the payoff for malfeasance is worth the risk of being caught.

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.

I'm for everyone having the opportunity to accept a $150,000 bribe.

In this administration, a place can be found for every bad man.

I don't think that anybody is worse than a public official who sells his office and corrupts others.

On 106 occasions, bribes were offered or discussed. On 105 of those occasions, the public official involved accepted the bribe. And on the other occasion, he turned it down because he didn't think the amount was large enough.

I had to cheat, steal, beg, borrow and lie….

Officials are under a constant temptation to misuse their power for the private profit of themselves or others.

There can be no compromise regarding corruption.

Here is where you get into the danger zone, when the government official starts talking about U.S. government business and then also talking about what personal business favors they might want. And when the conversation goes down that road, it does risk crossing the line into solicitation of a bribe.

If people want to get into leadership through corrupt practices, through corrupt means, I think that's detestable; we have to take action.

It's still going on. I guess it will be until Redmond quits, dies or is jailed.

An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.

I have no problem with cheating. Whatever you can get away with.

There are people who say, 'Oh, he's a crook.' But I'm not a crook.

Corruption, embezzlement, fraud, these are all characteristics which exist everywhere. It is regrettably the way human nature functions, whether we like it or not. What successful economies do is keep it to a minimum. No one has ever eliminated any of that stuff.

I don't think Amber taped Scott or testified for money, but the opportunity certainly presented itself. It makes me a bit uncomfortable, but at least she never sold the story before trial to the tabloids.

The trouble when you're doing something illegal is that you know what you're doing. You're lying to your parents, you're lying to your kids. The only person you can't lie to is yourself.

Americans accept that gangsters are running the government.

I had enabled the development of a corrupt system right under my very eyes..

Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.

Pomp corrupts church officials

We shouldn’t be lending money to corrupt officials. We should be guarded in our generosity.

Most of us in Congress steal our speeches.

I did not wish to bribe myself.