#corrupt

The thing that makes reading and writing suspect in the eyes of the market economy is that it's not corrupted. ↗

— Richard Powers

#economy #eyes #makes #market #market economy

There cannot be peaceful coexistence in the ideological realm. Peaceful coexistence corrupts. ↗

— Jiang Qing

#coexistence #corrupts #ideological #peaceful #realm

I think President Karzai realizes exactly how important it is to strengthen the fight against corruption in the country now, step up endeavors to stop the drug trade and to deliver better governance. He said as much in his inaugural address. ↗

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

#against #better #corruption #country #deliver

We must take the money out of politics, and end psychopathic, self-destructive government and corporate madness. ↗

— Bryant McGill

#improvement #love #peace #understanding #unity

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

— Iain Pears

#corruption #devil #religion #beauty

They were still all beautiful and there was still enchantment and wonder, but she had crossed a line and now the fairy tale was green with corruption and evil. ↗

— Stephen King

#corruption #evil #fairytale #horror #beauty

You can not change the past but you can change the future. ↗

— Immortal Technique

#inspiration #change

Times are not good here. The city is crumbling into ashes. It has been buried under taxes and frauds and maladministrations so that it has become a study for archaeologists...but it is better to live here in sackcloth and ashes than to own the whole state of Ohio. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

#death #life #new-orleans #nola #death

Pilfering was common in Communist China’s state-owned enterprises, as the Party secretaries were slack in guarding properties that belonged to the government and poorly paid workers felt it fair compensation for their low pay. The practice was so widespread that it was an open secret. The workers joked about it and called it "Communism," which in Chinese translation means "sharing property." Pg. 390 ↗

— Nien Cheng

#communism #corruption #looting #mao #death

A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#business-regulation #corruption #education #business