#corrupt

Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed. ↗

— Reinhold Niebuhr

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Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party. ↗

— James F. Cooper

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Corruption, the greatest single bane of our society today. ↗

— Olusegun Obasanjo

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I would not apply the strategy of Calderon. I would look at the causes. Violence in Mexico has its origins in the lack of development and corruption. ↗

— Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

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To confront criminals, we need to finish with corruption. If we don't do this, there is no hope. ↗

— Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

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Violence in Mexico has its origins in the lack of development and corruption. ↗

— Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

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The poet's other readers are the ancient poets, who look upon the freshly written pages from an incorruptible distance. Their poetic forms are permanent, and it is difficult to create new forms which can approach them. ↗

— Salvatore Quasimodo

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Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat. ↗

— John F. Lehman, Jr.

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The fight for justice against corruption is never easy. It never has been and never will be. It exacts a toll on our self, our families, our friends, and especially our children. In the end, I believe, as in my case, the price we pay is well worth holding on to our dignity. ↗

— Frank Serpico

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Feast of the Holy Cross Does not every man feel, that there is corruption enough within him to drive him to the commission of the greatest enormities, and eternally to destroy his soul? ↗

— Charles Simeon

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