Wendy E. Long Quotes

Political corruption is endemic all over this country, in some places worse than others, right? On crime, you have all the major American cities where the crime rates at different points in their histories, have spiked dramatically.

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

Corruption is a cancer: a cancer that eats away at a citizen's faith in democracy, diminishes the instinct for innovation and creativity; already-tight national budgets, crowding out important national investments. It wastes the talent of entire generations. It scares away investments and jobs.

They have seized upon the government by bribery and corruption. They have made speculation and public robbery a science. They have loaded the nation, the state, the county, and the city with debt.

Politics is the most corrupt profession on Earth, no matter where you are.

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

Most major criminals operating in this country do so because of relationships they have with politicians who allow them to operate.

We shouldn’t be lending money to corrupt officials. We should be guarded in our generosity.

Tom Delay is a bag man for cigarette companies.

We do have endemic corruption, but most of it is not political.

… the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics

Corruption is a problem in almost all developing countries.

The Mexican oil and gas monopoly, Pemex, literally fuels corruption.

When a member of Congress has a leadership PAC, he can be legally bribed by making donations to the PAC because when the member of Congress retires or is voted out of office, he is allowed to use the leadership PAC money that remains for his and his family’s personal expenses.

Corruption was not merely political; it was financial, commercial, social.

Tolerance of corruption, explicit and implicit, has made it impossible to govern…. We need absolute transparency of all the assets of government officials.

The Bank had never used the word 'corruption' at all until I got there, and the reason for that was, as the general counsel pointed out to me, that quite a number of our shareholders represented were not immune from corruption in their governments.

There's corruption in many parts of the world.

Corruption in Saudi Arabia is quite different from corruption in most other countries, as it is not limited to a 'bribe' in return for a contract, or expensive gift for the family member of a government official or prince, or use of a private jet that is charged to the government so a family can go on vacation.

New WikiLeaks-provided e-mails from Clinton aide Doug Band reveal the true nature of the Clinton cash operation: No matter what the stated humanitarian goals of the Clinton Foundation, every fiber and sinew of the organization is wrapped in self-dealing, self-enrichment, fraud, and corruption.

I could never have any corruption from the state because I never had any business with the state.

Modi is shielding and encouraging fraud-accused persons such as Gali Janardhan Reddy and Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy. He is encouraging fraudsters, both directly and indirectly, and thereby helping open floodgates for corruption and frauds.

One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption.

Russia has a well-known reputation for corruption; unfortunately, I discovered that it was far worse than many had thought. While working in Moscow I learned that Russian oligarchs stole from shareholders, which included the fund I advised.

People feel like city government is corrupt. They feel like it doesn't work unless you have clout.