David Vitter Quotes

Revolutionary leadership requires resistance to corruption.

How do you criticize corrupt public officials without attacking their honor or reputation?

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.

Corruption is the enemy of development, and of good governance. It must be got rid of. Both the government and the people at large must come together to achieve this national objective.

There is no compromise when it comes to corruption. You have to fight it.

Armed with purity of intentions and firmness of purpose, I may reasonably entertain the hope of being able to clear the administrative agency of all corruption and incompetency, and impart to it the maximum of honesty and efficiency. I now warn my officials of all ranks that I have fully made up my mind to put down corruption and intrigue wherever they may be found.

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

The damage caused by corruption is just as real in Angola and Azerbaijan as it is in Atlanta and Albuquerque, and it's our obligation to advance the rule of law wherever our laws apply.

Transparency is the hallmark of Prime Minister Modi's government.

I believe the processes of good governance have gone astray. Specifically there is an erosion of transparency, independence and accountability.

I want to rid the country of corruption and return our economic environment.

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.

We have now recently launched the national integrity plan.

We mustn't hesitate to cut corruption at its roots.

In the Mexico we want, there is no room for corruption, for cover-ups, and least of all for impunity.

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.

I'm going to go after crime and corruption wherever it is. But I did focus particularly on the need to restore public confidence in essential institutions of both the public and private sector.

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

We must weed out corruption and build a strong system of justice that the people can trust.

The American people voted to restore integrity and honesty in Washington, D.C., and the Democrats intend to lead the most honest, most open and most ethical Congress in history.

Sometimes corruption is slowed by shedding light into what was previously shadowed.

Next in importance to the maintenance of the Constitution and the Union is the duty of preserving the Government free from the taint or even the suspicion of corruption.

Counter-corruption agencies cannot make a difference unless they are independent of the government actors they are supposed to monitor, restrain, and punish.

Without legal and political institutions that control corruption, pro-growth policies will be ineffective.