The paper analyses the citizen's profiles positively associated with the idea of "he steals, but get things done" that means agreement with the conduct of politicians who incur acts of corruption, but that performs a government perceived as satisfactory. It is used as empirical data two nationwide surveys, conducted in 2002 and 2006, and the main results of data´s analysis are the strong rejection of "he steals, but get things done" idea and distrust of representative actors and institutions.
"he steals, but get things done"; institutional evaluations; institutional trust; corruption
