Sentences with phrase «when corrupt governments»

And disputes often occur when corrupt governments or individuals take advantage of the under - educated.

When a corrupted government is no longer willing to uphold the rule of law, I advocate that citizens step up to that responsibility.

Not exact matches

When you follow Cooper's logic what he's really saying the oil industry lost its access to a puppet government because the PCs became so corrupt the people threw them, but if the industry had supported (presumably financially) the Wildrose and the Wildrose formed government the industry could continue on its merry way.

When I ran a global trade and financial company out of Southeast Asia, I was continually dogged by government rules... especially the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

Nobody is stopping you from donating your money and time from any organization you would like to support quit asking the government to do the job citizens should be doing on there own when government gets involved in charities, charities become corrupted.

leave it to a non religious person to judge churches and pastors as evil when they know NOTHING of the GOOD a church does for the people... it's kind of like saying ALL government is corrupt when that isn't true either!!

Most important, Taylor argues, «the practice of execution is a terrorizing tactic that over time creates illegitimate state power»; the eventual result is a corrupt and undemocratic political system — in fact, what else can you expect when you give the government absolute power over life and death?

He rose on that last day to call for unanimous consent in hopes that that too might help the document be accepted, and he said, «In these sentiments, Sir, I agree to this Constitution with all its faults, if they are such; because I think a general government necessary for us, and there is no form of Government but what may be a blessing to the people if well administered, and believe further that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in Despotism as other forms have done before it, when the people shall have become so corrupted as to need despotic Government, being incapable of government necessary for us, and there is no form of Government but what may be a blessing to the people if well administered, and believe further that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in Despotism as other forms have done before it, when the people shall have become so corrupted as to need despotic Government, being incapable of Government but what may be a blessing to the people if well administered, and believe further that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in Despotism as other forms have done before it, when the people shall have become so corrupted as to need despotic Government, being incapable of Government, being incapable of any other.

It is good if the government is corrupt, and has no access, and it is bad when the government is relatively fair and wants the best for the country.

When asked his broader view of Trump's first ten days in office Massey demurred, saying only that «I disagree with him on a bunch of policies» before pivoting to talk about the importance of a mayor «getting along with the federal government» as well as the governor of New York, and attacking Mayor de Blasio as «corrupt... divisive... incompetent.»

He said in dealing with the canker, the government was looking at two fronts — «exposing and dealing with corrupt practices when they come up, to serve as a...

Sulaiman on his part, was accused of bribing a government official when he paid N5 million through a Guarantee Trust Bank account to Alanamu, as a reward for the award of contract to his company, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section 9 (1)(a) and punishable under Section 9 (1)(b) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.

Sulaiman, on his part, was accused of bribing a government official when he paid N5m to Alanamu as a reward for the award of contract to his company, thereby committing an offence contrary to Section 9 (1)(a) and punishable under Section 9 (1)(b) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.

When you look at it all over, you see that the essence of the anti-corruption posture of this government is to decimate the opposition and give an impression that people of the (Goodluck) Jonathan administration are corrupt people.

Bashir said the government used a corrupt person to try to trick Stevenson into saying things that would make it seem there was evidence when there was not.

The deputy Minister showed no remorse when interviewed on Eyewitness News, claiming that Mr. Ablakwa was out of order when he suggested that he and the NPP government were corrupt.

«A person like Okudzeto Ablakwa can never ever tag me as corrupt when he himself can not account for some of his practices when he was in government.

It's sad that the government could be trying to scare and intimidate me with the EFCC when I was not even involved in any corrupt practice or shady deals.

«We all applauded the government when they said they wanted to fight corruption but unfortunately, some of the aides of the President are allegedly very corrupt and yet nothing has been done.»

«It is always a dangerous cocktail when some corrupt elements in power decide to side with private interests outside government, using the rule of law as a ruse, to muscle sincere efforts to tackle corruption,» Ribadu said.

In fact Cuomo had cracked down on the member item program when he was attorney general, and in 2010 campaigned against a practice that good - government groups said invited corrupt conflicts.

He was even applauded by many when he claimed he could not afford the presidential nomination form of his party despite having served as a military head of state, a key player in another military government adjudged as most corrupt by both local and international bodies, a former military governor, a petroleum minister and chairman of the Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF), an agency that was also alleged of corruption.

«When elected officials, like Daniel Halloran, not only corrupt themselves but, unseen, corrupt the body politic from within they undermine the public's confidence in a representative form of government,» said U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in a statement.

The plot thickens when a group of corrupt local - government officials, in league with Marcia's duplicitous fiance Carter Andrews (Craig Stevens), use underhanded methods to force the honest Wilson out of business.

And the movie depicts some of the skepticism that residents have toward these vigilantes — even when the alternative it corrupt government.

Politics are already strained between English imperialists and the West African government of Kinjanja when womanizing British diplomat Morgan Leafy (Colin Friels) is caught in bed with Celia (Joanne Whalley - Kilmer), wife of corrupt Kinjanjan presidential candidate Sam Adekunle (Academy Award ® winner Louis Gossett Jr.).

In a not so festive season when we've all been thinking hard about a lot of terrible thinkings like corrupt governments and oligarchies, sexual misconduct and systemic isms that make life such an oppressive mess for so many people (and damage everyone — even the opporessors — since we all are truly in this life together) as well as the terror of both climate change and this particular cold snap (I'm super sick right now, yay!)

Essentially, when you hear someone say that the government was responsible for putting crack in the inner cities, it comes from a slight misunderstanding of these corrupt dealings.

The truth is, the Brazilians who complain the most are all middle - to - upper - class, exactly the ones who aren't above making a quick buck and / or getting ahead in life, even if it means cheating or treading on others, disregarding everything from ethics to social responsibility to environmental issues, and when they complain about the corrupt and expensive government, it's mainly out of jealousy.

When I was reading the book, the plot was interesting enough to keep reading, but I was generally reading for the characters and their reactions to the corrupt government and how they were trying to save both the real and the virtual world.

Reports suggest this is about going to courts of law when administrations are so spineless, corrupt and ineffectual it takes the action of citizens to demand the government obeys the law.

Less than four years later the ineffective and corrupt Prohibition regime came to an end on June 15, 1921 when an Act to provide for Government Control and Sale of Alcoholic Liquors came into force, known by its short title the Government Liquor Act.

This could be seen as contrary to some of Trump's campaign rhetoric, such as when he vowed «to fight for every person in this country who believes government should serve the PEOPLE — not the donors,» called super PACs «total scams» and «very corrupt,» and slammed his opponent for receiving money from «hedge funders.»