Timothy Noah Quotes

Comey has left a trail of suspicious activities in his wake.

Some people are in positions of power, and when incentives go haywire, we are all human and it's easy to make mistakes. I am not saying everybody is Bernie Madoff.

I think recent revelations about who's in what bed speak to the problems with what happened in the Gulf.

I don't know of anything illegal or even unethical that Bert Lance has ever done.

People at Clinton Foundation are very greedy people. These are people that have skirted the law for a long time. Hard to believe that, you know, somebody like this has a good chance of being president.

As with mosquitoes, horseflies, and most bloodsucking parasites, Kenneth Starr was spawned in stagnant water.

Any time there's a scandal, we always try and get involved.

Undisclosed and illegal payments, kickbacks, and bribes became a way of doing business at FIFA.

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.

When grave allegations of corruption and criminal charges were leveled against me, BJP leaders chose to take it lightly.

Unfortunately, some politicians think they are immune from allegations of ethics abuse.

Here is where you get into the danger zone, when the government official starts talking about U.S. government business and then also talking about what personal business favors they might want. And when the conversation goes down that road, it does risk crossing the line into solicitation of a bribe.

When you don't take a stand against corruption you tacitly support it.

Bill Morneau has betrayed the trust of Canadians over and over.

What kind of signal is Prime Minister Narendra Modi giving by closeting himself with tainted politicians and financial fraud-accused of YSR Congress undergoing trial?

I know that even a consensual relationship with a subordinate is inappropriate, but I still allowed it to happen despite my better judgment.

The Clintons engage routinely in corrupt practices, mixing their political power with their nonprofit work to make themselves rich, while not standing up for the little guy.

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

Our aim should be to not allow a single corrupt politician or even a family member to enter the House.

The day corruption charges are levelled against me, I would retire and sit at home.

Donald Trump is an archetypal grifter. Using the presidency to promote your golf courses, hotels, and real estate business is grifting. So is getting people to pay a premium for buildings with your name in big, gold letters. Licensing your name is what every grifter dreams about.

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

Mario Yamasaki should just crawl in a hole and never step inside of any type of professional mixed martial arts event. He should never officiate, ever again.

Ed Rogers is a career insider who has personally enriched himself off of what he decries.

I think there are a lot of circumstances that surround the Clinton family that aren't explainable, and I will let people go on and research it for themselves. And if they think there is something fishy going on, leave it to them.