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"The issue about corruption in government should not be pursued simply for the political gain of one party or one group. This should be about protecting and advancing the welfare of the entire Filipino people"
Noli de Castro, vice president of Philippines, declared at the national convention of the 4th Liga ng nga Barangay (League of Villages) in Intramuros.
Inquirer, Philippines, 17 March 2008
"I am not worried. I did nothing wrong"
Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on facing corruption charges.
Reuters, Thailand, 10 March 2008
"It would be good to cut off the hand, as they used to in the Middle Ages"
Russian President Vladimir Putin's novel solution for disciplining corrupt officials.
Agence France-Presse, Russia, 11 Mar 2008
"Corruption has become a hydra-headed monster ravaging not only the public sector but also spreading its poisonous tentacles to the private sector. Every form of corruption, be it public or private, retards the growth of our economy"
Justice Emmanuel Ayoola, chairman of the Nigerian Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), said in a lecture on corruption.
Daily Champion, Nigeria, 27 March 2008
"REDD [Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation] [will] pour money in one end, and corruption will just siphon the whole lot off"
John Burton, from the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies of the Australian National University, predicts what would happen if the REDD plan was put into practice in Papua New Guinea.
New Scientist, 22 March 2008