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Quotes about Fraud

Henceforth His might we know, and know our own, So as not either to provoke, or dread New war provoked. Our better part remains To work in close design, by fraud or guile, What force effected not; that He no less At length from us may find, who overcomes By force, hath overcome but half his foe.
- John Milton
There are two kinds of charlatan: the man who is called a charlatan, and the man who really is one. The first is the quack who cures you; the second is the highly qualified person who doesn't.
- GK Chesterton
All other swindlers upon earth are nothing compared to self-swindlers.
- Charles Dickens
He entered the territory of lies without a passport for return.
- Graham Greene
Lying, stealing, and cheating are commonplace.
- Joseph Wirthlin
A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
- Livy
It's really amazing that in the age of unbelief, as a smart man called it, there isn't even more fraud. After all, with no God, there's no one to ever call you to account, and no accounting at all if you can get away with it.
- Ben Stein
I feel like a fraud... My name is not even actually Ashton. Ashton is my middle name.
- Ashton Kutcher
The Cardiff Giant that most Americans have seen is this copy. Barnum exhibited a fake fake.
- Carl Sagan
Lying about what you want out of marriage going in because you're afraid you'll lose the relationship if you are honest is one of the worst kinds of fraud you could ever commit.
- Gary Thomas
The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language. ... In due time, the fraud is manifest, and words lose all power to stimulate the understanding or the affections.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
If we are ever going to have adequate funding for health care and other major line items in our budget, however, we have to put an end to waste and fraud throughout the government, and we must create a friendly climate for economic growth.
- Ben Carson