John Philpot Curran Quotes

What Clinton did with Lewinsky was despicable but was no threat to the nation. That he lied about it repeatedly and to the public is a reason for us to cease to trust him and for him to resign.

Unfaithfulness in public stations is deeply criminal …. There is too much corruption even at this infant stage of our republic. Virtue is not in fashion. Vice is not infamous.

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

Sweep from the nation’s capitol that foul blot upon our nation.

Many government officials have very high moral standards at the beginning of their duties, but after a while some officials sway from the right path and easily fall into the temptation of bribery and fraud.

Anyone in a position of power is either corrupt or assumed to be corrupt, and the assumption of corruption is as bad as the reality of it.

There's bad apples in every type of job, whether it's sports or normal day-to-day jobs.

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

The government is promoting bad behavior.

Nowadays those are rewarded who make right appear wrong.

If you don't pay bribes, people think you're odd. It's very sad. I cannot say that I'm proud to be an Indonesian. This is one of the most corrupt countries in the world.

I think it's very easy to get corrupted.

Nigera is what it is because its leaders are not what they should be.

An unvirtuous citizenry tend to elect representatives who will pander to their covetous lustings.

I lie, I cheat, and I steal.

Once you get involved with bloodsport litigation, you can not only get drunk on your own greed but start to believe your own lies.

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

A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather for not going to church on Sunday.

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy.

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

There are people who say, 'Oh, he's a crook.' But I'm not a crook.

The inherent corruption of man can often bring down the best system.

Though the bribe be small, yet the fault is great.

I had enabled the development of a corrupt system right under my very eyes..