King Felipe VI Quotes

Well, I thought the deal was, when you went to work for the government you weren't supposed to make money!

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.

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

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.

In this country, politicians of desperate private fortunes always find the means of keeping themselves above water as public men.

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

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

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

It is too early to tell where Mobutu will draw the line between corruption and the ‘normal’ use of payments and patronage to facilitate operations.

There can be no compromise regarding corruption.

Corruption is found everywhere. I admit there is some corruption in my staff - not me.

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.

I can tolerate anything but corruption and nepotism.

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

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

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

Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today.

Corruption has its own motivations, and one has to thoroughly study that phenomenon and eliminate the foundations that allow corruption to exist.

Corruption exists everywhere.

Conflict of interest and lack of transparency, though they are global features as we saw post-Iraq, almost define Indian cricket.

Corruption never has been compulsory.

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

Have I given any symptoms of an avaricious disposition? Have I obtained any grants from the crown since I have been placed at the head of the treasury? Has my conduct been different from that which others in the same station would have followed?

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

All institutions are prone to corruption and to the vices of their members.