Tom Fitton Quotes

Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.

Unfortunately, corruption is widespread in government agencies and public enterprises.

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

The time has come to tell the truth about the corruption of the government employee unions in this country.

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.

Honest Graft

The administration of government has become more complex. The opportunities for malfeasance and corruption have multiplied.

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

We do have endemic corruption, but most of it is not political.

Our government is corrupt.

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.

The Trump administration is shaping up to be one of the most corrupt since the Gilded Age.

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

When legislators do something that doesn't make a whole lot of sense, there's always the suspicion that they're in somebody's pocket.

Corruption happens because there is impunity. That's the reason why corruption is widespread at all levels - from the person who asks for a bribe on the street to those who hold prominent positions.

As more money flowed through Washington and as Washington's power to regulate our lives grew, opportunities and temptations for graft, influence peddling and cutting corners grew exponentially. Power breeds corruption.

I knew President Yeltsin well. He would never have tolerated government officials demonstratively showing off the millions they acquired through corruption, the way it's done today.

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

Politics is the most corrupt profession on Earth, no matter where you are.

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

Being elected to Congress is regarded as being sent on a looting raid for one's friends.

Those guys [congressmen] lived on the basis of getting their little tidbits and their perks.

Some governments are corrupt but are known for their competency in running the city. Others are incompetent but are considered "clean." [Washington] DC's government is scandalously corrupt and hopelessly incompetent.

I don't think that anybody is worse than a public official who sells his office and corrupts others.

The Mexican government has been corrupt for 140 years.