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"Corruption continues with us beyond the grave," She said, "and then plays merry hell with all ideas
"Corruption continues with us beyond the grave," She said, "and then plays merry hell with all ideas
I know, when they prove bad, they are a sort of the vilest
creatures: yet still the same reason read more
I know, when they prove bad, they are a sort of the vilest
creatures: yet still the same reason gives it: for Optima
corrupta pessima: the best things corrupted become the worst.
Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
Corruption is a tree, whose branches are
Of an immeasurable length: they spread
Ev'rywhere; and the dew read more
Corruption is a tree, whose branches are
Of an immeasurable length: they spread
Ev'rywhere; and the dew that drops from thence
Hath infected some chairs and stools of authority.
At length corruption, like a general flood
(So long by watchful ministers withstood),
Shall deluge all; and read more
At length corruption, like a general flood
(So long by watchful ministers withstood),
Shall deluge all; and avarice, creeping on,
Spread like a low-born mist, and blot the sun.
The men with the muck-rake are often indispensable to the
well-being of society, but only if they know when read more
The men with the muck-rake are often indispensable to the
well-being of society, but only if they know when to stop raking
the muck.
- Theodore Roosevelt,
Don't buy a single vote more than necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.
Don't buy a single vote more than necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.
The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference
The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference
So true is that old saying, Corruptio optimi pessima.
So true is that old saying, Corruptio optimi pessima.