#corrupt

The Court made an exception, however, in the case of candidates contributing to their own campaigns because of the rather reasonable presumption that a candidate is incapable of corrupting himself. ↗

— James L. Buckley

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The kind of corruption the media talk about, the kind the Supreme Court was concerned about, involves the putative sale of votes in exchange for campaign contributions. ↗

— James L. Buckley

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The corruption of people is to behave in an inhuman way. ↗

— Alan Bullock

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Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. ↗

— Edmund Burke

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Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us. ↗

— Henry Fielding

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We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions. ↗

— Henry Fielding

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Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power. ↗

— William Gaddis

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If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher. ↗

— Abdul Kalam

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They have seized upon the government by bribery and corruption. They have made speculation and public robbery a science. They have loaded the nation, the state, the county, and the city with debt. ↗

— Denis Kearney

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I don’t like dirt, because nothing is dirtier. Except politics.
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— Jarod Kintz

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