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Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt. ↗

— Felix Adler

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Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best. ↗

— Edward Abbey

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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ↗

— John Acton

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Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ↗

— Lord Acton

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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ↗

— Lord Acton

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Simply that we are mirroring the trends in society, at any given time smuggling was an issue in the seventies, corruption is an issue today, and we faithfully reflect those issues. ↗

— Ajay Devgan

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I have always been fascinated by the corruption of power. ↗

— Joe Eszterhas

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Public office is supposed to be a public trust. This is a clear sign of the rampant corruption at the highest levels of the Republican leadership. ↗

— Bob Etheridge

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It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. ↗

— David Brin

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The accumulation of numbers always augments in some measure moral corruptions, and the consequences to health of the various vices incident thereto, are well known. ↗

— William Falconer

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