Jiddu Krishnamurti

Man has throughout the ages been seeking something beyond himself, beyond material welfare - something we call truth or God or reality, a timeless state - something that cannot be disturbed by circumstances, by thought or by human corruption.

Indian Philosopher

Josh Hawley

Fighting public corruption is essential to preserving a working democracy that people have confidence in. I said that time and again on the campaign trail, and that's why it's such a high priority for me.

American Politician

Mahathir Mohamad

I won't call it UMNO anymore; this is Najib's party. I feel embarrassed that I am associated with a party that is seen as supporting corruption - it had caused me to feel ashamed.

Malaysian Politician

Zephyr Teachout

I hope the true public servants learn from this that they should not be afraid and they will get incredible grass-roots support if they call out corruption.

American Lawyer

Bill Gates

Corruption is one of the most common reasons I hear in views that criticize aid.

American Businessman

James Thomson

Peace is the happy natural state of man; war is corruption and disgrace.

Scottish Musician

Kamal Haasan

When you don't take a stand against corruption you tacitly support it.

Indian Actor

Al Sharpton

The boxing world is full of all kinds of corruption.

American Activist

Antonio Guterres

There's corruption in many parts of the world.

Portuguese Politician

A. K. Antony

Indian Politician

Corruption often involves abusing power for personal gain.

Power abuse

Corruption implies negative judgment and is considered highly unethical.

Negative connotation

Bribery is a common form of corruption, where someone is offered something to do a dishonest act.

Bribery commonality

Corruption can describe the technical loss or failure of information.

Technical failure

Refers to physical objects or substance degradation.

Physical deterioration

Corruption can occur internally in a material or system, not always apparent from the outside.

Not always visible

Corruption may refer to the loss of ethical values or integrity.

Moral decline

Cultural context can shape the view of what constitutes corruption.

Cultural influence

Describes an individual's transformation, usually in a negative sense.

Personal transformation

 for global financial transparency. But still, it's a fight worth fighting. Closing the legal loopholes that enable anonymous companies would help us cut down on corruption and illegal activity. It would also allow us, as the general public, to better understand the flow of enormous sums of money

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 self-discipline, and courage, and all other kinds of music must be avoided. Furthermore, Plato fervently denounced any music that deviated from established musical conventions, fearing that doing so would lead to the degradation of the standards of civilization, the corruption of youth,

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 was the level of endemic corruption that I saw across all different countries, and particularly centered around the heart of power, around public officials who were embezzling the public's money for their own personal enrichment, and allowed to do that because of official secrecy.

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 and the monster becomes a disfigured mirror of the natural cycle of life. The monster, therefore, embodies Dr. Frankenstein's corruption of nature in the quest for glory. This constitutes his fatal flaw, or hamartia. His god complex is most clear in the line,

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 hidden cameras and talk to whistleblowers to reveal the truth behind corruption and conflict so we have a really interesting explosive investigation in the works and can't tell you any more but watch this space and then finally we need to keep up the

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 Okay? Friends, family and financiers. But we need to understand what we understand about corruption, and we need to understand that we have been miseducated about it, and we have to admit that. We have to have the courage to admit that

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 from poor countries. In virtually every case of corruption that we've investigated, shell companies have appeared, and sometimes it's been impossible to find out who is really involved in the deal. A recent study by the World Bank

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 By the fourth century, after a lifespan of over a millennium, the Roman Empire declined. Factors including political corruption, economic crises, and class conflict led to the empire's decay from within

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 Each of these would fix this corruption by spreading out the influence of funders to all of us. The analytics are easy here. It's the politics that's hard, indeed impossibly hard,

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 contamination and corruption are two very different things. Filled with insight, the scholar set himself back on his journey. But this time, he stopped to help those he met.