Benigno Aquino III Quotes

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

History shows that more democracy is not a magic pill that will make institutionalized corruption will go away.

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

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

Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.

But eradicating corruption is not enough to sustain a country.

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

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

Ever since I arrived in Washington in April 2009, I have been fighting for more transparency and accountability in government.

I'm going to go after crime and corruption wherever it is. But I did focus particularly on the need to restore public confidence in essential institutions of both the public and private sector.

I'm not going to reduce the choices of Canadians at the ballot box by backroom deals or secret arrangements. I think that's a cause for cynicism more than anything else.

Certainly accountability of government is what people are clamoring for; they want to know that when lawmakers make a promise or a proposal, you can actually accomplish it.

There's so much corruption in America; there's so much corruption around the world. It's all coming to the surface thanks to the Internet, and thanks to the younger people who are saying, 'We don't like corrupt people.'

I have never intimidated the masses... I only intimidate corrupt officials.

We must weed out corruption and build a strong system of justice that the people can trust.

One of the ways to make sure policies are more transparent and to help restore people's confidence in politicians... is to ensure renewal at the highest level of office.

The winner must promote social jusitce, remove corruption and discrmination, and stand against political, cultural and economic plots.

The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history.

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.

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.

Ordinary citizens need access to government-held information in order to exercise their rights in just about every phase of their lives–whether to gain entry to education, apply for a job, gain access to a poverty alleviation scheme, build or buy a house, start a business or collect a pension. Without it, they are ready prey to the corrupt and the abusive. ..

Good governance can eliminate injustice, destitution and poverty.

All politicians will have to change to be worthy of our people.

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

I did not come to Augusta to provide lip service. I came to work for the Maine people. I also came to Augusta to root out crooked politicians and government corruption.