{"quotes":[{"text":"Silence is the most expensive to buy.","author":"Ljupka Cvetanova","tags":["aphorism","common-people","corruption-politics","democracy","intellectualism","politician","politics","quote","silence","stand-up","stand-up-for-what-is-right","stand-up-for-yourself","vote-for-the-truth","voters-and-voting"],"id":7117,"author_id":"Ljupka+Cvetanova"},{"text":"The American people, and the citizens of all Western nations, have the right to know about every single thing their representatives do on their behalf. After all, elected officials are merely representing those who hold the true power (the people).","author":"James Morcan","tags":["corruption-politics","politicians","politics"],"id":24778,"author_id":"James+Morcan"},{"text":"Is ours a government of the people, by the people, for the people, or a kakistocracy rather, for the benefit of knaves at the cost of fools?","author":"Thomas Love Peacock","tags":["corruption-politics","fools","government","government-corruption","incompetence","knaves"],"id":25186,"author_id":"Thomas+Love+Peacock"},{"text":"If a politician obtained a great wealth after he has been elected, his being an immoral corrupt man is not a possibility but it is a self-evident reality!","author":"Mehmet Murat ildan","tags":["corrupt","corruption-politics","corruption","elected","ildan-wisdom","ildan-wise-sayings","ildan-words","immoral","immoral-politicians","mehmet-murat-ildan","mehmet-murat-ildan","politician","politician","politicians","politicians","self-evident","thief","thiefs","turkish-","turkish-literature","turkish-playwrights","turkish","turkish","turkish-wisdom-words","turkish-writers","wealth"],"id":94104,"author_id":"Mehmet+Murat+ildan"},{"text":"When national ideals are confined to insignificant issues reflective primarily of a personal choice, there lies a problem of distorted priorities.","author":"Moutasem Algharati","tags":["awareness-of-guilt","choice","choices-and-consequences","confining","corruption","corruption-politics","decision-making","decisions-inspirational","distorted-thoughts","distortion","experience","freedom","freedom-of-choice","global-community","government-corruption","idealism","ideals","inspirational","issue-importance","making-a-difference","national-security","nationalism","patriotism","personal-development","personal-planning","personal-responsibility","political-correctness","political-philosophy","politicians","politics","primary","priorities","priorities","prioritizing-your-goals","problems-of-today","reflections","role-of-government","role-playing","self-esteem","selfishness"],"id":103223,"author_id":"Moutasem+Algharati"},{"text":"The Democratic Party would like to be re-elected so that they can continue to uphold almost no Occupational Safety \u0026 Health Administration (OSHA) whistle-blower complaints, enforce hardly any police internal affairs allegations, and corrupt corporations with lobbyists can continue operating outside of the law.","author":"Steven Magee","tags":["affairs","allegations","blower","complaints","compliant","continue","corporations","corrupt","corrupt-leaders","corrupt-politics","corrupted","corruption","corruption-and-attitude","corruption-politics","corruption","democratic","democratic-party-united-states","elect","elected","election","elections","enforce","enforced","enforcement","hardly","internal","law","law-enforcement","lobbying","lobbyist","lobbyists","operating","osha","outside","party-politics","police","police-brutality","police-corruption","police-officer","police-procedural","police-reform","police-service","police-state","policeman","policemen","political","political-philosophy","political-science","politician","politicians","politics","politics-of-the-united-states","sheriff","uphold","whistle","whistle-blower","whistle-blowers","whistle-blowing","whistleblower","whistleblowers","whistleblowing"],"id":188901,"author_id":"Steven+Magee"},{"text":"Shame on the misguided, the blinded, the distracted and the divided. Shame. You have allowed deceptive men to corrupt and desensitize your hearts and minds to unethically fuel their greed.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["apathetic","apathy","big-business","blid","blind","blood","business","compassionate","corrupt","corrupt-men","corruption","corruption-politics","dark-amitions","decieve","desensitization","desensitize","desensitized","devil","distracted","distractions","distration","distrust","divide","divided","division","elite","empathy","ethical","ethics","evil","evil-thoughts","false-leaders","free-your-mind","fuel","greed","greedy","hearts","human","human-condition","humanism","humanity","lies","lost","lost-humanity","media","mind","misguide","mislead","peace","politicians","politics","pollute","power","sensitivity","shame","stray","trust","truth","unethical","unethically","united","unity","war","wealth"],"id":198410,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"Corrupt utility companies require a corrupt legal system to protect them from their own sickened workers and the masses.","author":"Steven Magee","tags":["companies","company","corrupt","corrupt-politics","corruption","corruption-politics","corruption","law","legal","legal-system","masses","masses","own","protect","protection","protective","require","sick","sickly","sickness","utility","worker","worker-rights","workers"],"id":203346,"author_id":"Steven+Magee"},{"text":"They said, Now we are capitalists! But all Ulrich could see was criminality to a principle.","author":"Rana Dasgupta","tags":["capitalism","corruption-politics","life","modernity"],"id":208125,"author_id":"Rana+Dasgupta"},{"text":"What corrupt corporate governments call a terrorist is what many common people call a resistance fighter.","author":"Steven Magee","tags":["call","common","corporate","corporate-america","corporate-culture","corporate","corporate-world","corrupt","corruption","corruption-politics","corruption","fighter","fighter-qutoes","government","government-propaganda","government","governments","many","people","resistance","resistance-fighters","terrorist"],"id":232647,"author_id":"Steven+Magee"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":21,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}