Naked power has its limitations, since power is a generator of corruption and corruption in its turn tends to dilute the effectiveness of power.

It is no more rational to have lawyers in positions of power than it would be to have garbage collectors in positions of power. And in human terms garbage collectors would be preferable.

A nation's wealth is too serious a matter to be left to the wealthy. The riches of a nation belong to all, to be shared among all for the general welfare.

Historically the first philosopher to enquire deeply into the nature of corruption in society was Ibn Khaldun (1322-1406), whose wandering life was largely spent in the northern littoral of Africa at a time when kingdoms and sultanates were crumbling.

A culture is not only the language and the arts of a people. It is all their history, all their hopes for the future.

At the heart of the mystery of corruption lies the desire of one man to impose his will on others to the largest possible extent.

It is precisely when we help one another that we gain our victories over corruption, but the victory is assured only when we help one another with all our strength.