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Corruption  Quotes
Corporate greed controls political will.

—Aaron B. Powell

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Art corrupts. Absolute art corrupts absolutely. Please corrupt me absolutely.

—Robert Black

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Deception and privileged secrets are common facets of politics.

—Wayne Gerard

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Knowledge is power but too much power tends to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.

—Sidy Sidique

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CorruptionLifeMinds
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Honesty is not a virtue, it is a luxury. Most, who struggle to put bread on the table, face this question every day. And hunger wins this game almost every time, beta (son).

—Prashant Chopra

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Besides being a prime cause of poor economic growth, poor governance breeds corruption, which cripples investment, wastes resources, and diminishes confidence.

—Ahmed Zewail

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It was inevitable, as soon as legends of miracles became attached to the names of the great mystics, that the credulous masses should applaud imposture more than true devotion; the cult of the saints, against...

—A.J. Arberry

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You don’t say ‘they all do it’ unless you know you’ve been doing it too.

—Christopher Hitchens

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The devil himself can become beauty, so we are told, to corrupt mankind.”(Marco)

—Iain Pears

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All the things of the wild have their proper uses. Only misuse makes them evil.

—Ellis Peters

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I am against government by crony.

—Harold Ickes

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The Democrats have been talking about the culture of corruption for some time. We don’t have all the details yet, but these seem to be serious situations. Nevadans deserve better from their elected officials.

—Kirsten Searer

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Samuel understood at last why this being hated men and women so much: he hated them because they were so like himself, because the worst of the was mirrored in them. He was the source...

—John Connolly

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Már az elöljárók között is túl sokan vannak, akikben nem lehet megbízni. Manapság nem a király vagy az állam érdekeit tartják szem előtt, csakis a saját boldogulásukat. – Az elöljárók? Hogy nem lehet bennük megbízni?...

—Joe Abercrombie

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We’re not saying anybody committed any crime or there’s any government corruption in the city of Orlando. But when we have something raised to this level, we need to check into it to make sure...

—Randy Means

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Am I corrupted if I believe that the people who think alike are more admirable and estimable than those who think for themselves? If no one thought differently, then where would our innovations come from?...

—Tom Walsh

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Money, dished out in quantities fitting the context, is a social lubricant here. It eases passage even as it maintains hierarchies. Fifty naira for the man who helps you back out from the parking spot,...

—Teju Cole

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It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as [inherently] exceptional, whatever the motivation. There are big countries and small countries, rich and poor, those with long democratic traditions and those still finding...

—Vladimir Putin

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I think legislation needs to put an end to doctors profiting on businesses to which they can funnel patients – that is business, not medicine. If you try to call it medicine, then it is...

—Abraham Verghese

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Humans are capable of so much more. Power mongers like you have stripped away what is most valuable to us, the importance of our heritage and family values. We have been robbed of this, blinded...

—Aaron B. Powell

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In the tired hand of a dying man, Theodore Senior had written: “The ‘Machine politicians’ have shown their colors… I feel sorry for the country however as it shows the power of partisan politicians who...

—Edmund Morris

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We look for things or people that are incorruptible. There is nothing incorruptible, merely uncorrupted. We neglect the role we play. We value innocence, but only the kind we cannot alter. We throw mud at...

—James Rozoff

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Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

—Friedrich Nietzsche

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There are corrupted Muslims who have become Christians, and corrupted Christians who have become Muslims. They called it freedom of religion.

—Duop Chak

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Why else do you think we are permanently at war in various regions all over the world? And why is it the citizens of this country, one of the richest on earth, get poorer each...

—James Morcan

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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts… perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

—John Steinbeck

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Do you know we are being led toSlaughters by placid admirals& that fat slow generals are gettingObscene on young bloodDo you know we are ruled by t.v.

—Jim Morrison

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I personally never expected anything of Obama, and wrote about it before the 2008 primaries. I thought it was smoke and mirrors […] I don’t usually admire Sarah Palin, but when she was making fun...

—Noam Chomsky

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Proof then, has retreated in the face of belief. Science, once heralded as the arbiter of truth, has had its facade of objectivity punctured. Intellectuals may point to the uncertainty of Heisenberg, but generally this...

—Phil Hine

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It’s like this with us baby. We’re coppers and everybody hates our guts….nothing we do is right, not ever. If we get a confession we beat out of a guy, they say, and some shyster...

—Raymond Chandler

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You would be surprised at how many corporations “none of your business” applies to!

—Steven Magee

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The expression Gone To The Dogs needs to be changed to Gone To Humans Without a Conscience

—Amit Abraham

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A true generous heart can never revolve majorly with monetary skills nor business acumen nor cunning mind.

—Angelica Hopes

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It is a well-known fact that very often, putting the period of boyhood out of the argument, the older we grow the more cynical and hardened we become; indeed, many of us are only saved...

—H. Rider

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Can America get back to a point where politicians are honest? Not unless that point is the tip of a sword.

—Jarod Kintz

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[And conversely, Woodrow Wilson finishes dead last.]Yes […] I think World War I was avoidable for the United States, certainly; we kind of look back on Germany as being evil (because of World War II),...

—Ivan Eland

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. . . in no instance has a system in regard to religion been ever established, but for the purpose, as well as with the effect of its being made an instrument of intimidation, corruption,...

—Jeremy Bentham

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There are those who are legitimately corrupt, who cannot admit that legitimacy allows them to corrupt legitimacy, and to legitimately corrupt others.

—Justin K.

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For the jihadists, Muslim women who embrace Western mores, and wear tight jeans or mini skirts, are hated symbols of corruption that need to be eradicated. For the ideological mentors of Breivik, a similar disturbance...

—Mustafa Akyol

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You know, it’s pretty easy reading this book to see why I was angry and confused for all those years. I lived my life being told different stories: some true, some lies and I still...

—Nikki Sixx

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Heaven doesn’t only teach humans about virtue and divinity.It also shows us about politics and corruption; and that’s a fact.

—Toba Beta

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Any factor that breeds polarization will worsen policy, and thus cause lower growth.

—William Easterly

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What fueled this hatred? Society.

—Shannon A.

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I think very poorly of United Russia. United Russia is the party of corruption, the party of crooks and thieves. And it is the duty of every patriot and citizen of our country to make...

—Alexei Navalny

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In the grand scheme of life, nobody grows old keeping their soul unblemished.

—A.J. Darkholme

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The whole point about corruption in politics is that it can’t be done, or done properly, without a bipartisan consensus.

—Christopher Hitchens

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The humble sinner will sometimes be interpreted as one of the filthiest in the eyes of man yet immersed in the eyes of God, and this is due to the volition of honesty regarding his...

—Criss Jami

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I think I’d make a great cop, because I love pastries, respect that shines like metal on my chest, and anonymous envelopes stuffed full of cash just for turning my head to the left when...

—Jarod Kintz

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As always, imagine how great the press corps would be if it devoted 1/1000th the energy to dissecting non-sex political wrongdoing

—Glenn Greenwald

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He did not care for the lying at first. He hated it. Then later he had come to like it. It was part of being an insider but it was a very corrupting business.

—Ernest Hemingway

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