Political Corruption Quotes

• When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Witty, Funny Inspirational, Government

  P J O'Rourke (1992). “Parliament of Whores-Open Mark”, Vintage Books USA

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• In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.

  Charles de Gaulle

  Freedom, Political Will, Order

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• Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.

  Oscar Ameringer

  Life, Witty, Art

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• All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

  George Orwell

  Funny, Sarcastic, Sarcasm

  Animal Farm ch. 10 (1945) See Bierce 141

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• One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption.

  Upton Sinclair

  Political, Democracy, Corruption

  Upton Sinclair (2016). “The Jungle”, p.387, First Avenue Editions

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• A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

  Edward Abbey

  Inspirational, Country, Freedom

  Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.17, RosettaBooks

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• 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

  Education, Children, Growing Up

  Friedrich Nietzsche (1977). “The Portable Nietzsche”, p.63, Penguin

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• It's interesting that these themes of crime and political corruption are always relevant.

  Martin Scorsese

  Interesting, Political, Corruption

  Interview with John Scott Lewinski, www.askmen.com.

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• Political corruption is to Rhode Islanders as smog is to people who live in Los Angeles: nobody complains of its absence, but when it rolls around everyone feels right at home.

  Philip Gourevitch

  Home, People, Political

  "Can You Forgive Him?" by Philip Gourevitch, www.newyorker.com. September 2, 2002.

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• The Tea Party represents stakeholders in the American system; people who were never involved in politics or thought they had to be, yet realized that political corruption and incompetence threatened not only their families, but the future of the nation itself.

  Tammy Bruce

  Party, People, Political

  "Why Tea Party women lead the charge" by Tammy Bruce, www.theguardian.com. October 19, 2010.

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• Brazil has a lot of issues that are similar to a lot of countries in Latin America, but the dominant issue Brazil is dealing with is poverty and political corruption.

  Morena Baccarin

  Country, Latin, America

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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