Cyril Ramaphosa Quotes

We must rid the country of corruption, cronyism and nepotism.

Tolerance of corruption, explicit and implicit, has made it impossible to govern…. We need absolute transparency of all the assets of government officials.

The Bank had never used the word 'corruption' at all until I got there, and the reason for that was, as the general counsel pointed out to me, that quite a number of our shareholders represented were not immune from corruption in their governments.

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

When it comes to governments and corporations, we should demand that less is secret. That's where corruption flowers.

Until we can fully grasp the extent of corruption and fraud involved in the administration of the Oil-for-Food program, and until the United Nations decides to cooperate in the investigation, no American taxpayer dollars should go to the United Nations.

I'm very interested in how corruption works - and it's not necessarily the way one might expect.

We have made a full frontal attack on corruption. The question is whether we can address the question of governance in developing countries and, particularly, corruption.

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

Nobody is immune to corruption. The difference is in how the society responds to corruption. Are the corrupt in jail as they are in Israel and most democracies. Or are they leaders in the government as in Palestine under the PLO.

We need reform. We need more transparency between those who lobby us and ourselves in the Congress.

We do have endemic corruption, but most of it is not political.

… the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics

We've had corruption -- corruption doesn't exist only in Africa. Where there is a corruptee, there is a corrupter. Right? It's always a two-way process.

There can be no compromise regarding corruption.

Corruption in Saudi Arabia is quite different from corruption in most other countries, as it is not limited to a 'bribe' in return for a contract, or expensive gift for the family member of a government official or prince, or use of a private jet that is charged to the government so a family can go on vacation.

I champion a real campaign to tackle the rampant corruption that is draining Saudi resources, both financial and human.

I can tolerate anything but corruption and nepotism.

We need to rid our State Owned Enterprises of corruption because the money being siphoned out should be funding them.

I want to say that this business of corruption and the fight against corruption is a very serious matter, and sometimes I'm amazed that very little is being said outside of those who are saying so in government. It's an existential matter. I don't know whether it is possible to overemphasize the point, but I think it's a very crucial matter.

We cannot survive if we give corruption any chance. Corruption can only exist with an umbrella from the top.

Our anti-corruption systems have inherently and intently been kept flawed.

Unfortunately, corruption is widespread in government agencies and public enterprises.

And you know, almost in a perverse way, I wish it had been undue influence because we know how to correct that. We get rid of the people who, in fact, were exercising that.

Behind every corrupt politician are 10-20 corrupt businessmen.