Amit Shah Quotes

People favouring their relatives more than an outsider is what the biggest fight in democracy is, let it be in film industry or politics.

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

This town was built on nepotism.

A country is not managed through cousins and confidants.

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

At the end of the day nepotism has been there it's always going to be there don't expect it to change.

We had less qualified trumping more qualified people just because of their political connections.

Corruption is one of the high priorities of my agenda.

One would be lying if they say nepotism doesn't exist.

Take corruption, right? Take political corruption. Europe, the Anglosphere, northern Europe, has been kind of a miracle zone - and I'm not saying there's no corruption, of course - but in being somehow able to minimize political corruption.

Transparency and accountability must be restored in politics.

Caste coalitions will disintegrate in front of good governance.

Well, I don't believe in patronage.

I don't think the world works on merit.

Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.

I'm rather cynical about the way the honours system is used, frankly. A whole lot of the honours system is used for political purposes by the government in power.

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

I think President Karzai realizes exactly how important it is to strengthen the fight against corruption in the country now, step up endeavors to stop the drug trade and to deliver better governance. He said as much in his inaugural address.

Part of my mandate is to curb corruption and streamline a cumbersome, graft-ridden bureaucracy, to put resources where they will provide the clearest results, and to untangle a complicated regulatory environment.

Fighting corruption is not a one-night affair.

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

I was put into office by the people who believed in my idea that corruption is the root of poverty; that an end to corruption would mean an end to poverty.

I said when I came into office that I don't want to be a great leader; I want to be a good democrat.

We do not need international help to stop corruption, we need strong Louisiana Leadership.

I see corruption as a mortal enemy for young democracies.