Mickey Kantor Quotes

Business does not go where there is corruption and the rule of law does not apply.

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

There is no part of the world where corruption is absolutely eliminated.

Corruption is the enemy of development, and of good governance. It must be got rid of. Both the government and the people at large must come together to achieve this national objective.

Without legal and political institutions that control corruption, pro-growth policies will be ineffective.

Corruption undermines public confidence in our country and institutions. It is a huge cost to the economy. Combating it will take courage, determination and perseverance. The most effective means of doing it is by creating a climate not receptive to corruption.

Corruption is a problem in almost all developing countries.

Corruption is one of the high priorities of my agenda.

Corruption has to be removed from the whole country.

The damage caused by corruption is just as real in Angola and Azerbaijan as it is in Atlanta and Albuquerque, and it's our obligation to advance the rule of law wherever our laws apply.

Corruption is Ukraine's main enemy; we must destroy it. It's really painful to hear that Ukraine is the most corrupt country in Europe.

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

Organized crime is the dirty side of the sharp dollar.

Personally I don't think solving corruption is such a big problem.

I see corruption as a mortal enemy for young democracies.

We mustn't hesitate to cut corruption at its roots.

Everyone needs to understand that my work addresses existing problems, and one of the crucial problems in Russia today is corruption.

We must uphold the fighting of tigers and flies at the same time, resolutely investigating law-breaking cases of leading officials and also earnestly resolving the unhealthy tendencies and corruption problems which happen all around people.

It's easy not to bribe. But it's not so easy to keep a business running at the same time.

I don't know whether crime is dictating business or business is dictating crime.

We need a tougher enforcement program and, most importantly, we need to fix the badly broken ethics system.

In the final analysis, finding a way to do clean business and not to pay bribes actually improves your bottom line.

We have protected our domestic industry far too long and they were happily dishing out substandard goods. Now, they see red when there is competition

We're doing a lot about corruption... it takes a long time and we are doing the right measures. It took 20 years for the system under successive military governments to become so corrupt, so it will take time to bring it under control.

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.