Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Quotes: Adscam Inspired
John Williams - Chairman, Public Accounts Committee
It starts with small-c corruption. Small-c corruption is lack of management, lack of attention to detail, poor supervision
and, if it is allowed to grow, then it's the perfect atmosphere for large-C corruption. So let's nip it in the bud by having
accountability.
George Santayana
Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better.
Alan K. Simpson
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.
Robert Louis Stevenson
We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.
La Rochefoucauld
Few men are sufficiently discerning to appreciate all the evil they do.
Seymour Hersh
We understand that there Nixons and Kissingers and Clintons who don't like to tell the truth. And we don't expect them to. And that is wrong. That's where we make a mistake.