Corrupt Quotes

“There are two sides of corruption: 1. Those who feel and see the corruption because they are the victim of it 2. Those who pretend there is no corruption because they are profiting from it.”

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

“Art corrupts. Absolute art corrupts absolutely. Please corrupt me absolutely.”

“All governments are corrupt and only thing that varies between them is the level of corruption.”

“Political corruption works by having an equally corrupt legal system to protect it.”

“People often don't understand the engine that drives corruption. Particularly in India, they assume government equals corruption, private companies equal efficiency. But government officials are not genetically programmed to be corrupt. Corruption is linked to power. If it is the corporations that are powerful, then they will be corrupt.”

“In the West, and among some in the Indian elite, this word, corruption, had purely negative connotations; it was seen as blocking India’s modern, global ambitions. But for the poor of a country where corruption thieved a great deal of opportunity, corruption was one of the genuine opportunities that remained.”

“Corruption is not bribery but bribery is corruption.”