Benny Gantz Quotes

People do not want politicians they know to be corrupt.

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.

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.

An honest man in politics shines more there than he would elsewhere.

Corruption is not the sole test of your worthiness to form the government.

There are, believe it or not, good politicians.

I suppose that an honest man shines more in politics than he does elsewhere.

Corruption is one of the high priorities of my agenda.

If you talk about corruption, you can talk about a lot of things in life.

This idea that you can't be an honest man and a Washington politician is a myth, a crock made up by sellouts and careerist hacks who don't stand for anything and are impatient with people who do. It's possible to do this job with honor and dignity.

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.

I think the record shows that as Speaker, I have taken the lead in cleaning up politics.

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

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

It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral.

Unfortunately, in American politics there are no standards for shame.

Good men and women come to Washington and get caught in a culture of corruption.

[Richard Nixon was:] The greatest moral leader of the last third of this century.

Certainly he [Richard M. Nixon] is not of the generation that regards honesty as the best policy.

I am the only public servant and the only Mexican President ever who has made his finances public from before, during, and after public service.

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

If I'm elected, at the end of four years or eight years I hope the people will say, "You know, Jimmy Carter made a lot of mistakes, but he never told a lie."

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

There can be no compromise regarding corruption.

Corruption has to be removed from the whole country.