Joe Garcia Quotes

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.

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

Whether I'm reading a national publication or one of my local Chicago newspapers, I don't need to turn too many pages before I stumble upon another scandal. Not only do ethics violations deteriorate the public trust, but they also disrupt and undermine legitimate debate and policy.

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.

The chief internal enemies of any state are those public officials who betray the trust imposed upon them by the people.

When people in positions of trust mislead us - either recklessly, negligently or intentionally - that impacts the republic.

New York is having awful corruption scandals. The charges involve politicians acting in such an insanely stupid way, it shatters our longstanding confidence that taking money was the one thing they know how to do well.

The Teapot Dome scandal seemed to epitomize the administration of the president at the time, Warren G. Harding, although Harding himself was not implicated in that particular scandal.

The real cost of corruption in government, whether it is local, state, or federal, is a loss of the public trust.

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

To be sure, the Trump administration is shot through with corruption.

If a politician takes a bribe to do what he thinks would have been best for the public anyway, he still goes to jail. If he's president, under a Constitution that refers to impeachment specifically for 'bribery,' as well other 'high crimes and misdemeanors,' he should still be removed.

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

Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.

Despite high profile examples of local authorities been tried, convicted, and sometimes even executed for corruption, many officials simply calculate that the payoff for malfeasance is worth the risk of being caught.

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

The administration of government has become more complex. The opportunities for malfeasance and corruption have multiplied.

He is violating his oath of office.

The Capitol Building should have a sign saying, “Warning!! You are now Entering an Ethics-Free Zone!”

Corruption is the exchange of public benefits for private gain.

No enemy of free government is more dangerous and none so insidious as corruption.

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.

Our government is corrupt.

Corruption is when a politician uses public funds to deliver pistachio ice cream to his home and transfer garden furniture to his Caesarea villa, then requesting that the expenses be covered for the water in his pool and fights to get a private jet.

There can be no compromise regarding corruption.