Josh Hawley Quotes

We do many things at the federal level that would be considered dishonest and illegal if done in the private sector.

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

We must rid the country of corruption, cronyism and nepotism.

Corruption is the exchange of public benefits for private gain.

Corruption is becoming more and more sophisticated in our societies. In the institutions we are talking about, the people who are corrupt are actually the ones who set up these institutions

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

Corruption is found everywhere. I admit there is some corruption in my staff - not me.

Our anti-corruption systems have inherently and intently been kept flawed.

Corruption exists everywhere.

Contracting corruption has been around since the construction of the Appian Way.

Public corruption is the FBI's top criminal priority. The threat - which involves the corruption of local, state, and federally elected, appointed, or contracted officials - strikes at the heart of government, eroding public confidence and undermining the strength of our democracy.

All institutions are prone to corruption and to the vices of their members.

Despite high profile examples of local authorities been tried, convicted, and sometimes even executed for corruption, many officials simply calculate that the payoff for malfeasance is worth the risk of being caught.

Corruption is a very lucrative business.

Aid corrupts.

The hanky-panky in public service that really matters is about money and not sex.

We've had corruption -- corruption doesn't exist only in Africa. Where there is a corruptee, there is a corrupter. Right? It's always a two-way process.

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.

Corruption is when a politician uses public funds to deliver pistachio ice cream to his home and transfer garden furniture to his Caesarea villa, then requesting that the expenses be covered for the water in his pool and fights to get a private jet.

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.

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

No one involved in corruption will be spared, no matter who they are, I assure you. Whether a minister, a prince, or anyone. Anyone who is guilty of corruption will be held accountable.

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

We're carrying out a real crusade against corruption and impunity with a focus on white-collar crime.