Janet Reno Quotes

Greed is the inventor of injustice as well as the current enforcer.

It's hard finding people you trust or who aren't going to take your money. Everyone wants to get a piece of whatever you're doing. It's a nightmare.

The corruption of people is to behave in an inhuman way.

I was extremely greedy and lost my moral compass.

The first sign of corruption in a society ... is that the ends justify the means.

Democracies can no longer tolerate bribery, fraud and dishonesty, especially as such practices disproportionately hurt the poor.

Politics is so corrupt that even the dishonest people get fucked.

I would never manipulate somebody and put somebody in peril so that I could get rich off of it.

Looking so cool, his greed is hard to conceal, he's fresh out of law school, you gave him a license to steal.

There are many selfish people who are extremely original, then they take those pure ideas and use them to raise themselves up, that is an insincere move.

When success comes, people can try to trick you or take advantage of you.

Any time there is a lot of money or ego involved, people tend to behave badly.

Nixon was so crooked that he needed servants to help him screw his pants on every morning.

I love Brooke. Exploiting her was never my intention.

The faults of the burglar are the qualities of the financier.

But men are so full of greed today, they'll sell anything for a little piece of money.

The spirit of graft and of lawlessness is the American spirit.

There are very honest people who do not think that they have had a bargain unless they have cheated a merchant.

We have seen that in this country in the last few years, particularly on Wall Street, with the rise of the old human frailty of greed. This occurs when people begin to serve only their own needs to the detriment of everyone else.

Corruption never has been compulsory.

The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst.

Countless are the women parasites who, to satisfy their craving for pleasure and luxury, impoverish father or husband. These lame limbs in the social organism, which themselves accomplish nothing, but for whom all other limbs work, are the most flagrant example of womanly immorality in the present.

Corporate bodies are more corrupt and profligate than individuals, because they have more power to do mischief, and are less amenable to disgrace or punishment. They feel neither shame, remorse, gratitude, nor goodwill.

A thief is more moral than a congressman; when a thief steals your money, he doesn't demand you thank him.

As long as dishonorable success outranks honest effort—as long as society bows and cringes before the great thieves, there will be little ones enough to fill the jails.