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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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If vice and corruption prevail, liberty cannot subsist; but if virtue have the advantage, arbitrary power cannot be established. ↗

— Algernon Sidney

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Liberty cannot be preserved, if the manners of the people are corrupted. ↗

— Algernon Sidney

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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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Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds. ↗

— Sophocles

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I continue to meet people who have had their Web pages hijacked, their browsers corrupted, in some cases, their children exposed to inappropriate material from these dangerous programs hidden in their family computers. ↗

— Cliff Stearns

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Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

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People endure what they endure and they deal with it. It may corrupt them. It may lead them into all sorts of compensatory excesses. ↗

— Dennis Potter

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Obscenity, which is ever blasphemy against the divine beauty in life, is a monster for which the corruption of society forever brings forth new food, which it devours in secret. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

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