Wendy Davis Quotes

Texans deserve better than failed leaders who dole out favors to friends and cronies behind closed doors. It's time for a governor who believes that you don't have to buy a place in Texas' future. It's time for a governor who believes that the future of Texas belongs to all of us.

I think the record shows that as Speaker, I have taken the lead in cleaning up politics.

I think that at his core, Benjamin Netanyahu is not corrupt.

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

People do not want politicians they know to be corrupt.

In Minnesota, we hold our leaders to a higher standard. We demand that the men and women we send to Washington stand above reproach and steer clear of the web of corruption, kickbacks and special favors.

There are, believe it or not, good politicians.

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.

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.

History shows that more democracy is not a magic pill that will make institutionalized corruption will go away.

People hold elected officials to a higher ethical standard than most others.

We must reduce corruption to its fair proportions.

I want either less corruption, or more chance to participate in it.

An honest man in politics shines more there than he would elsewhere.

Corruption is not the sole test of your worthiness to form the government.

Korea has a long way to go before ending corruption. But Mayor Goh has certainly taken an important step toward it.

I said I would be part of the solution in Jefferson City, not part of the problem. And I said I'd take on the culture of corruption.

Those who have the most power - whether famous TV anchors, rich Hollywood moguls, judges, Members of Congress, or the president of the United States - must decide how to exert that power: for corruption or for good.

In my very first Cabinet meeting, I told my colleagues we must take on corruption, lawlessness, casteism, and the politics of appeasement.

I am committed to making Georgia a model for open and honest government.

Infosys was going to be a different type of company. It was going to be very ethically run, meritocratic, quality-conscious, transparent. People didn't confuse the personal with the corporate.

I like organised things. I don't like the corruption and slowness of Greece.

This idea that you can't be an honest man and a Washington politician is a myth, a crock made up by sellouts and careerist hacks who don't stand for anything and are impatient with people who do. It's possible to do this job with honor and dignity.

Fighting corruption is not a one-night affair.

I see corruption as a mortal enemy for young democracies.