You’ve won… because you’re corrupt and so is the world.[to Logan]
We’re all ruthless. We all destroy. But corruption? That’s a matter of perspective.
This is a company town and the business is incarceration. Seven prisons in a 10-mile radius. 20,000 lost souls with no hope, no future. And I’m their link to a world that doesn’t want them. I’m the life raft. I’m the mayor of Kingstown.
The good people of Crown Point hard at work, right? Protecting us. Keeping this whole f***ing thing quiet. We got their loyalty. And we got their love. You know why? Because we pay them.[to Vic]
Police headquarters? You think someone inside the department is covering up these explosions?[Alfred Pennyworth]It’s Gotham, Pennyworth. Does the corruption really surprise you?[Batman]
No one with the temperament to win a campaign should be in charge of anything. It’s the most obvious rule in the world. No one who likes power should ever have it.[to Stuart]
It’s easy to forget one’s ideals when there’s a pile of money or political spoils on the table, because we each have things we want, and there never seems to be enough to pay for them.
I run with the biggest gang in the city, the ones with the f***ing badges.[to Carlos]
Gilead makes it really hard to be good.
For the most part, men are weak. Any man can be swayed by a single piece of paper.
Every man living has a price.
Corruption like yours must be eradicated.[to Dagonet]