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"Corruption affects the entire population, from clerks in the countryside to senior government officials. Unfortunately, people are becoming apathetic. They accept it as a part of life"
Ognian Stefanov, a Bulgarian journalist, on the extent of corruption in his country
International Herald Tribune, Bulgaria, 12 November 2008
"Whenever there is a human factor that has to decide something, there is a potential for corruption. So, eliminate the human factor."
Ivo Ivanovski, head of Macedonian Ministry of Information Society, about Macedonian ambitions to develop e-government programs next year
International Herald Tribune, Macedonia, 2 November 2008
"Roughly speaking every second Kazakhstani gives bribe, and it is done on their own will (…)Ordinary Kazakhstanis condemns oligarchs for illegal acquired property, but they do not think that being involved in small corruption is also a crime against society."
B. Bekturganova, chairman of the board of Association of sociologists and political studies experts of Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan Today, Kazakhstan, 5 November 2008
"It has never been more important for the modern law to deter people from acting on the temptation to resort to bribery to secure business, both nationally and internationally."
Jeremy Horder, one of the Commissioners of the Law Commission in UK (Commission set up by Parliament in 1965 to keep the law of England and Wales under review, and to recommend reform where it is needed)
The Telegraph, United Kingdom, 20 November 2008