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“The fight against corruption in our country is a particularly difficult task, which will require colossal efforts, stamina”
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on corruption in Russia
AFP, Russia, 15 March
"Bribery blights free and fair competition and adds to the cost of doing business. It has no place in British business."
Jack Straw, UK justice secretary, on reforms to British bribery laws
Guardian, UK, 25 March 2009
“In the face of violence, corruption and abuse of power, the church can never remain silent”
Pope Benedict XVI in a speech in Cameroon
Bloomberg, Cameroon, 18 March 2009
"Corruption is a cancer -- as dangerous to our long-term success as the Taliban or al Qaeda."
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, at an international conference on Afghanistan
Washington Post, USA, 1 April 2009