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"In most African countries corruption is estimated to represent between 20 and 30 percent of the GDP, that is inconceivably large."
Okey Onyejekwe, Director of UNECA's governance and public administration division, at the International Conference on Institutions, Culture and Corruption in Africa
The Daily Monitor, Ethiopia, 17 October 2008
"People who fight against corruption are put in prison, but people involved in corruption go free."
Le Thu Huong, 47, Hanoi resident speaking about the conviction of Nguyen Viet Chien and Nguyen Van Hai.
News24, Vietnam, 15 October 2008
"Democracy and corruption cannot stay in the same room. When one enters the other moves out because it means secrecy."
S'bu Ndebele, premier of Kwa Zulu Natal opening the first KwaZulu-Natal Anti-Corruption Summit in Durban, South Africa
Daily News, Zimbabwe, 14 October 2008
“In fact, the phrase ‘political responsibility’ in Bulgaria has a shallow meaning; it means nothing, just dust thrown in society’s eyes. Everybody is hiding behind this phrase but no one wants to take responsibility for wrongful actions.”
Dimitar Markov, project co-ordinator of the law programme at the Centre for the Study of Democracy
Sofia Echo, Bulgaria, 17 October 2008