Quotes with corrupt

Quotes 21 till 31 of 31.

  • George Bernard Shaw Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
    - +
     0
  • Lord Acton Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
    Lord Acton
    British historian (1834 - 1902)
    - +
     0
  • M. Henry That which is won ill, will never wear well, for there is a curse attends it which will waste it. The same corrupt dispositions which incline men to sinful ways of getting, will incline them to the like sinful ways of spending.
    - +
     0
  • Bruce Sterling The Bollywood distribution system is so corrupt that they have trouble making money off movies. So they sell shoes that an actress stepped in. If they turned up the amps some, maybe they could sell the actresses.
    Bruce Sterling
    American science fiction author (1954 - )
    - +
     0
  • Juvenal The examples of vice at home corrupt us more quickly and easily than others, since they steal into our minds under the highest authority.
    Juvenal
    Roman poet
    - +
     0
  • Tacitus The more corrupt the state, the more laws.
    Tacitus
    Roman senator and historian (56 - 117)
    - +
     0
  • Bob Schaffer The revolution has been dubbed The Orange Revolution, orange being the campaign color of Viktor Yushchenko. The demonstrators say they are tired of living under a corrupt government.
    Bob Schaffer
    American politician (1962 - )
    - +
     0
  • Friedrich Nietzsche The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
    - +
     0
  • Adlai Stevenson II Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.
    Adlai Stevenson II
    American politician and governor (1900 - 1965)
    - +
     0
  • Bono When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates hoard profits and taxes instead of properly allocating them to schools and hospitals.
    Bono
    Irish singer, songwriter, philanthropist, activist and businessman (1960 - )
    - +
     0
  • Benjamin Disraeli When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
    - +
     0
All corrupt famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com (page 2)