Nirmala Sitharaman Quotes

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

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.

We must reduce corruption to its fair proportions.

No one can end it, but incidents of corruption can be reduced.

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.

Fighting corruption is not a one-night affair.

People do not want politicians they know to be corrupt.

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

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.

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.

Fighting corruption is not just good governance. It's self-defense. It's patriotism.

Sometimes corruption is slowed by shedding light into what was previously shadowed.

Nobody is immune to corruption. The difference is in how the society responds to corruption. Are the corrupt in jail as they are in Israel and most democracies. Or are they leaders in the government as in Palestine under the PLO.

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.

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

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

Counter-corruption agencies cannot make a difference unless they are independent of the government actors they are supposed to monitor, restrain, and punish.

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

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.

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.

I want either less corruption, or more chance to participate in it.

Anti-corruption is a core constitutional value. It always has been.

I think that at his core, Benjamin Netanyahu is not corrupt.

The first principle of tackling corruption is that you do not engage in it and you have the will to confront it.