"Public servants should not be rewarded for failure. But that was exactly what happened when the BBC Trust paid off the former director general, George Entwistle"
Margaret Hodge, PAC chair 20/12/2012
Category: Corruption & Sleaze, Quote of the Day
I hope that people know me well enough and realise that I would never do anything to harm the country or anything improper. I never have. I think most people who have dealt with me think I am a pretty straight sort of a guy.
Tony Blair
After the Ecclestone affair.
Category: Corruption & Sleaze
They who are of the opinion that money will do everything may well be suspected to do everything for money.
Marquess of Halifax
Category: Corruption & Sleaze, Money
The Government is attempting a cover-up.
Richard Nixon 1948
On the Alger Hiss case
Category: Corruption & Sleaze
I have often been accused of putting my foot in my mouth, but I have never put my hand in your pocket.
Spiro T Agnew
Agnew was later indicted on tax evasion charges.
Category: Corruption & Sleaze
The unpleasant and unacceptable face of capitalism.
Edward Heath 15/05/1963
On a payment by Lonrho to Tory MP Duncan Sandys.
Category: Corruption & Sleaze, Capitalism
Jesus Christ, Peter, what a misjudgement.
Tony Blair 2000
Alleged remark of Tony Blair to Peter Mandelson as the row over his house purchase loan from Geoffrey Robinson unfolded.
Category: Corruption & Sleaze
I am savouring every single minute of the current exposure of the sanctimonious hypocrites and bare faced liars who made so much political capital from so-called Tory sleaze in the last parliament.
Neil Hamilton
Category: Corruption & Sleaze
I didn't mislead people. I know I didn't lie and I have got to establish that.
Peter Mandelson
Category: Corruption & Sleaze
Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy.
Peter Ustinov
Category: Corruption & Sleaze, Democracy
