Lewis D. Eigen Quotes

I don't think that anybody is worse than a public official who sells his office and corrupts others.

Public office is supposed to be a public trust. This is a clear sign of the rampant corruption at the highest levels of the Republican leadership.

Corruption is when people in public office use that public office for private or selfish ends. This is one of the most central debates in the last 40 years in law, what is corruption.

One must not confuse the fight against corruption with the persecution of the rich or wealthy families.

As Members of Congress, we should not be using public office for private gain.

The worst affected from corruption is the common man.

I knew President Yeltsin well. He would never have tolerated government officials demonstratively showing off the millions they acquired through corruption, the way it's done today.

Public office must not be a means to profit or become rich.

The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference.

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

Pomp corrupts church officials

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.

When you've got a guy who's in position to influence who gets what, the potential is always there for corruption.

Lawyers are making more money than the cleanup folks are.

Corruption is like a ball of snow; when once set a rolling, it must increase.

One thing, and one thing only, prevents the establishment of a stable Central Government at Peking, and this is the insatiable greed of money which possesses every Chinese who attains to public office.

The great Government we loved has too often been made use of for private and selfish purposes.

… an economic crime…. A misapplication of Biblical principles.

Income inequality and government corruption are both unfortunate realities in the United States.

Corruption is everywhere. It's not just in the Congress. Corruption is not just your prerogative or mine.

When public officials turn to financial gain for official acts, we have no choice but to prosecute.

For too long executive officials, businesspeople and hangers-on have enjoyed this private casino, using the payments into Fifa's account to fund their lavish lifestyles.

Right here at home, we have seen what happens when a politician breaks that public trust, when they are dishonest and corrupt.

Corruption happens because there is impunity. That's the reason why corruption is widespread at all levels - from the person who asks for a bribe on the street to those who hold prominent positions.

You can't take money from the taxpayers out of the treasury to give it to pay off your political donors. That's corruption to do that.