Corruption quotes

“Corruption, thou art my father!”
Ralph Ineson - William

“Who weeps for these weeps for corruption.”

Paul Scofield - Judge Thomas Danforth

“Having to wade through the scum of this city, being swept away by bigger and bigger waves of corruption, apathy and red tape. Nah, that doesn't bother me.”
Clint Eastwood - Harry Callahan

“- Ben Bradlee Jr.: So it's thirteen priests?
- Sacha Pfeiffer: Yeah.
- Walter 'Robby' Robinson: Looks that way.
- Ben Bradlee Jr.: Holy shit.”
John Slattery - Ben Bradlee Jr.
Rachel McAdams - Sacha Pfeiffer
Michael Keaton - Walter 'Robby' Robinson

“It's not illegal to bribe congressmen. They starve otherwise.”
John Hawkes - Robert Latham

“- Deloris: We could pack this joint.
- Mother Superior: Through blasphemy? You have corrupted the entire choir!
- Deloris: How can you say that? I worked my butt off with these women! They've given up their free time to do this, and they're good! I mean, sister, we could, we could rock this place!
- Mother Superior: Out of the question!”

Whoopi Goldberg - Deloris
Maggie Smith - Mother Superior

“- Kenny Kristo: So why'd you quit?
- Matt Scudder: I didn't like the hours, Mr. Kristo.
- Kenny Kristo: Nah, the corruption got to you, huh?
- Matt Scudder: Not really. It would have been hard to support my family without it.”

Dan Stevens - Kenny Kristo
Liam Neeson - Matt Scudder

“There's basically two types of guys in the army, the motherfuckers and the motherfucked. Sergeant Saad is the third kind, he fucks the motherfuckers. Which is doable when you're the chief MP by day and the director of retail heroin sales by night.”
Joaquin Phoenix - Ray Elwood

“- Assistant U.S. Atty. Rick Cappalino: There was never a hint of corruption in that office. Maybe you know something I don't. Danny, you called me. So why are you here? If you know anything about lawyers or D.A.'s I would love to hear it. Is it common practice to sell narcotics in the narcotics division?
- Detectove Daniel Ciello: Where do you...” (continue)(continue reading)
Norman Parker - Assistant U.S. Atty. Rick Cappalino
Treat Williams - Detective Daniel Ciello

“A lot of people talk about police corruption. Stolen drugs, crooked cops: makes you think are all cops bad? I don't think so. Sometimes you have to walk in the darkness, to bring the truth to light.”
DMX - Latrell Walker

“When you're in government, there's a million ways to exploit your power. Have I ever given into that temptation? No. Never. I'm not that kind of politician.”

Aziz Ansari - Tom Haverford

“I thought you might be more reasonable. Money has a way of doing that to a man. But no, I don't think so. Not with you. You are one of those types of Soviets who only looks forward to death. I know you well, Vanya. Without me, you don't even exist.”

Ed O'Ross - Viktor Rostavili

“- Cop: I gotta make an arrest here. I had a complaint.
- Valo: Wait, I got this sports watch, you can have it, here.”
Tony Hawk - Cop
Bam Margera - Valo

“I'm not the guy you kill. I'm the guy you buy!”
George Clooney - Michael Clayton

“You know what a future a cop has, Murph? None. You punch a clock for 30 years, retirement, pension... nothin' to do. Drunk at noon, bullet in the brain by evening. Well, not for this kid! The police department's got it all: guns, ammo, drugs, cash... it's a one-stop shopping center. If you've got the balls and the brains, there's not a fucking...” (continue)(continue reading)
Stuart Wilson - Jack Travis

“Now, I am corrupt - that's right - just like the rest of you. But I am honest about it. Now, you vote for Mr. Clarence, you know exactly what you're getting.”
Brent Jennings - Mr. Clarence

“- Deputy Mayor Kevin Calhoun: Walter Stern looked so judicial. How could he be so corrupt?
- Abe Goodman: The sweater unravels.”
John Cusack - Deputy Mayor Kevin Calhoun
David Paymer - Abe Goodman

“Fuck the corrupt cops with their anus-violating plungers and their 41 shots, standing behind a blue wall of silence. You betray our trust!”
Edward Norton - Monty Brogan

“There's a cancer... in the system, the whole system has a cancer and I'm being punished because I resist. But somebody has to resist, just somebody has to resist.”

Sean Penn - Samuel J. Bicke

“A teacher educates our children and they become model citizens, the clergymen preaches we find spiritually, my bank gives loans and homes get built but now there's a new darker influence in Cincinnati and we cannot hide from this. Decent people are being corrupted.”

James Cromwell - Charles Keating

“- Officer William Rennard: What do you kids do for money?
- Skinner: Take bribes off cops.”
Donald V. Allen - Officer William Rennard
Timothy O'Brien - Skinner

“- Le Peron: You can always be bribed.
- Lucien Cordier: I've got no choice. First, I'm underpaid; second, my wife takes all my money; and third, fining you is practically a civic duty.”
Jean-Pierre Marielle - Le Peron
Philippe Noiret - Lucien Cordier

“City Hall is the decaying symbol of mismanagement and corruption.”
Dan O'Herlihy - Old Man

“- Brian Costello: Tell me something. Do you think I'm corrupt?
- Nora McPhee: Aren't we all, just a little bit?”
Donald Sutherland - Brian Costello
Marsha Mason - Nora McPhee

“- Joe Mondragon: You beat Luis Armijo by two votes.
- Sheriff Bernabe Montoya: That's because Domingo and Gusdorf were out of town.
- Joe Mondragon: So, you would have won by four.
- Sheriff Bernabe Montoya: Hell no man, those guys vote six, seven times apiece.”
Chick Vennera - Joe Mondragon
Rubén Blades - Sheriff Bernabe Montoya