#corruption

We have a circle of corruption and impunity that is too strong. ↗

— Josefina Vazquez Mota

#corruption #impunity #strong #too

We know we are all tarnished, so we doubt everyone else too. It is sad situation, where we need a leader but cannot really trust anyone. ↗

— Chetan Bhagat

#india #politics #india

Procrastination is also a subtle act of corruption – it corrupts valuable time ↗

— Amit Abraham

#procrastination #time #procrastination

The Second Amendment is timeless for our Founders grasped that self-defense is three-fold: every free individual must protect themselves against the evil will of the man, the mob and the state. ↗

— Tiffany Madison

#freedom #government-corruption #gun-control #gun-laws #gun-rights

Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist. ↗

— Edmund Burke

#freedom #liberty #freedom

The mistake you make, don't you see,is in thinking one can live in a corrupt society without being corrupt oneself. After all, what do you achieve by refusing to make money? You're trying to behave as though one could stand right outside our economic system. But one can't. One's got to change the system, or one changes nothing. One can't put things right in a hole-and-corner way, if you take my meaning. ↗

— George Orwell

#economics-society #money #society #system #change

Conflict is created by two conditions: the evil that is sanctioned by the corrupted…and the sacrifice borne by upright men and women who chose to destroy it. ↗

— Adam Turquine - from Beyond Mars Crimson Fleet

#corrupt #corruption #evil #politicians #politics

By making the government a combination of elected officials and citizen-backed initiatives and referenda, there can truly be a government of the people, by the people, and for the people. ↗

— Victoria Stoklasa

#government-corruption #inspirational #petitions #political #political-commentary

Have you ever found yourself saying, "There ought to be a law against this," or, "Somebody should do something"? Well, here’s the good news - you can be the one to do something. You can be the one to make the law. ↗

— Victoria Stoklasa MA

#government-corruption #inspirational #political #political-commentary #political-science

Nay, men are so far from musing of their sins, that they disdain this practise, and scoff at it: what say they, if all were of your mind; what should become of us? Shall we be always poring on our corruptions? ↗

— Thomas Hooker

#become #corruptions #disdain #far #men