Misappropriation of Resources Quotes

All amassing of wealth or hoarding of wealth above and beyond one's legitimate needs is theft.

Corruption is a cancer on the body of development.

In this country, politicians of desperate private fortunes always find the means of keeping themselves above water as public men.

The public will never be made to believe that an appointment of a relative is ever made on the ground of merit alone, uninfluenced by family views; nor can they ever see with approbation offices, the disposal of which they entrust to their Presidents for public purposes, divided out as family property. Mr. [John] Adams degraded himself infinitely by his conduct on this subject, as General Washington had done himself the highest honor.

Practices of the unscrupulous money changers stand indicted in the court of public opinion, rejected by the hearts and minds of men.

… massive waste, fraud and abuse

[A] privilege takes flight when abused.

Corruption is when people in public office use that public office for private or selfish ends. This is one of the most central debates in the last 40 years in law, what is corruption.

There will always be waste, fraud, and abuse. That's just life.

…sharing out of the goods of others is the theft under the banner of equality.

Using official government resources to help bankroll an explicit political agenda - whether on the right or left - is flat out wrong.

Pomp corrupts church officials

Conflict of interest and lack of transparency, though they are global features as we saw post-Iraq, almost define Indian cricket.

… procuring offices for persons who were unfit, and unworthy of them … squandering away the public treasure

With money we will get partisans, with partisans votes, and with votes money, is the maxim of our political pilferers.

We cannot survive if we give corruption any chance. Corruption can only exist with an umbrella from the top.

One must beware of ministers who can do nothing without money, and those who want to do everything with money.

The American people do not begrudge anyone his or her power until they start abusing it.

All governments are more or less corrupt.

Public office must not be a means to profit or become rich.

One must not confuse the fight against corruption with the persecution of the rich or wealthy families.

If there was an Olympics for misleading, mismanaging and misappropriating, this administration would take the gold. World records for violations of national and international laws. They want another four-year term to continue to alienate our allies, spend our children's inheritance and hollow out our economy. We can't afford another Republican administration.

Unbeknown to me, my manager, under my very nose (in a crouching position) has all these years been secretly compiling a book from my correspondence. I often wondered what she was doing in my office. She never did a stroke of work for me. All the time, I have been working for her.

No more corrupt politicians stealing from us.

This office has in recent decades, in my view, been seriously misused and distorted