Zhu Rongji Quotes

No nation ever yet found any inconvenience from too close an inspection into the conduct of its officers, but many have been brought to ruin and reduced to slavery by suffering gradual impositions and abuses.

I was put into office by the people who believed in my idea that corruption is the root of poverty; that an end to corruption would mean an end to poverty.

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.

Korea has a long way to go before ending corruption. But Mayor Goh has certainly taken an important step toward it.

I said I would be part of the solution in Jefferson City, not part of the problem. And I said I'd take on the culture of corruption.

The AAP from the beginning made it clear that they were about changing policy and not being a symbol of purity in a corrupt world.

My nature is that when I see abuses of power, I want to expose those abuses.

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

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

Honesty, integrity, and accountability, the values, which should be the hallmark of this government, have instead been thrown under the bus by an arrogant majority, casualties in a misguided campaign to shield from accountability those who abuse this House.

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.

We've seen over time that countries that have the best economic growth are those that have good governance, and good governance comes from freedom of communication. It comes from ending corruption. It comes from a populace that can go online and say, 'This politician is corrupt, this administrator, or this public official is corrupt.'

The first tenet is that you should report corruption regardless of loyalty to incumbent or party.

Part of my mandate is to curb corruption and streamline a cumbersome, graft-ridden bureaucracy, to put resources where they will provide the clearest results, and to untangle a complicated regulatory environment.

Fighting corruption is not a one-night affair.

I want to rid the country of corruption and return our economic environment.

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

We have now recently launched the national integrity plan.

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

When scrutiny is lacking, tyranny, corruption and man's baser qualities have a better chance of entering into the public business of any government.

Texas has waited too long for a governor who knows that quid pro quo shouldn't be the status quo. It's time for a governor who believes that you don't have to buy a place in Texas' future.

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

No nation can claim, 'We are an uncorrupt nation, therefore we will tell you what the morals of democracy are.'

I've always seen my campaigns against corruption as political work of a purer form than what opposition leaders usually do. All they do is hold roundtables and release political statements, which is all well and good. But there are concrete things that need to get done in order to achieve the basic goal of every opposition politician.