Home » Quote » Barack Obama » „Leaders must uphold the public trust and stand against corruption, not steal from the pockets of their own people.“ „Leaders must uphold the public trust and stand against corruption, not steal from the pockets of their own people.“ — Barack Obama Tags:People Related quotes „The functionaries of our political organizations and trade unions are corrupted — or rather tend to be corrupted — by the conditions of capitalism and betray a tendency to become bureaucrats, i. e., privileged persons divorced from the people and standing above the people.“ — Vladimir Lenin „It’s important that not only low-level corruption is punished, but folks at the top, if they are taking from the people, that has to be addressed as well. But it's not something that is just fixed by laws, or that any one person can fix. It requires a commitment by the entire nation -- leaders and citizens -- to change habits and to change culture. […] People who break the law and violate the public trust need to be prosecuted.“ — Barack Obama „We stand together because we believe that people and nations have the right to determine their own destiny. And that includes the people of Ukraine. Robbed by a corrupt regime, Ukrainians demanded a government that served them. Beaten and bloodied, they refused to yield. Threatened and harassed, they lined up to vote; they elected a new President in a free election -- because a leader’s legitimacy can only come from the consent of the people.“ — Barack Obama „There's worse that people can steal from you than money.“ — Chuck Palahniuk
„Leaders must uphold the public trust and stand against corruption, not steal from the pockets of their own people.“ — Barack Obama Tags:People