#corrupt

New York State is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance. The New York State government was at one time a national model. Now, unfortunately, it's a national disgrace. Sometimes, the corruption in Albany could even make Boss Tweed blush. ↗

— Andrew Cuomo

#backwards #blush #boss #corruption #could

A man in my situation, my lords, has not only to encounter the difficulties of fortune. and the force of power over minds which it has corrupted or subjugated. but the difficulties of established prejudice: the man dies, but his memory lives. ↗

— Robert Emmet

#dies #difficulties #encounter #established #force

All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely. ↗

— Edmund Wilson

#absolutely #corrupts #hollywood

Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community. ↗

— John W. Gardner

#belief #community #corrupt #cynical #existence

Political corruption is endemic all over this country, in some places worse than others, right? On crime, you have all the major American cities where the crime rates at different points in their histories, have spiked dramatically. ↗

— Mitch Landrieu

#american cities #cities #corruption #country #crime

Here we were, corrupting all those Russians toward communism. ↗

— Jack Levine

#corrupting #here #russians #those #toward

Still, corruption and oppression are far too common threats to the democratic society. ↗

— Anna Lindh

#corruption #democratic #democratic society #far #oppression

Its easy to view politicians as corrupt and voting essentially an act of picking the lesser of two evils. I understand that perspective and feel it's valid. ↗

— Macklemore

#corrupt #easy #essentially #evils #feel

We do not need international help to stop corruption, we need strong Louisiana Leadership. ↗

— David Vitter

#help #international #leadership #louisiana #need

We establish no religion in this country, nor will we ever. But we poison our society when we remove its theological underpinnings. We court corruption when we leave society devoid of belief. ↗

— Jeff Miller

#corruption #country #court #devoid #establish