The moral arc of a Washington career could be divided into four parts: idealism, pragmatism, ambition and corruption.
If that which we have found is the corruption of solitude, then what can men wish for save corruption? If this is the great evil of being alone, than what is good and what is evil? - Ayn Rand
What do you mean by sound government?'Good public order, no corruption in high places, freedom from fear and war and crime, a reasonably equitable distribution of wealth and resources, concern for the individual life.'Then we haven't got sound government. - P.D. James
Man is conceived in sin and born in corruption and he passeth from the stink of the didie to the stench of the shroud. There is always something(All The King's Men) - Robert Penn Warren
Where there is poverty and ignorance, there will be suffering, cruelty, corruption and intolerance.We must change everything and focus on education and empowering lives. Start in your own town and you will be a part of the changes you want to see happen in the world. - Eileen Anglin
I hate ingratitude more in a man than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness, or any taint of vice whose strong corruption inhabits our frail blood. - William Shakespeare
The mask of art is the means through which corruption is spread. The mask makes vice seem beautiful, turns squalor and nastiness into glamorous thrill, seduces the onlooker into the game – and leaves him or her with the corpse on his hands. - Jennifer Birkett
Not just charity, even corruption begins at home. - K. Hari Kumar
Every culture has its distinctive and normal system of government. Yours is democracy, moderated by corruption. Ours is totalitarianism, moderated by assassination. - Unknown Russian
Anything that hinted at corruption always filled him with a wild hope - George Orwell
We are determined to answer evil with GOOD, slavery with FREEDOM, rape with hope!We are against slavery, rape, beheading, torture, violations of human rights, corruption and misuse of religion! - Widad Akreyi
One of the (many) problems with government is not that power corrupts or even that it is magnetic to corruptible people; rather, it is that we have been conditioned to tolerate corruption in power, and so we don't even try to hold our politicians accountable. - Michel Templet
Real power, is the power that empowers without corruption - Constance Friday
Procrastination is also a subtle act of corruption – it corrupts valuable time - Amit Abraham
Poverty advances discrimination and corruption because society classifies the rich and poor. Poverty augments anger, selfishness, hatred and envy among the people.Poverty entwined with desperation ends up in violence." - , an excerpt from If I Could Tell You - Angelica Hopes
Corruption in education leads to some people getting highly educated and then these people support the uneducated to rule over the illiterate masses. - Amit Abraham
If a politician wins in a dirty way at election, he will sat in position and works with corruption. - Bradley B. Dalina
I remember the stink of corruption. It had a kind of sweetness to it, a sweetness that'd make you want to hurl. - Mark Lawrence
Peace is the happy, natural state of man; war corruption, his disgrace.
Political corruption works by having an equally corrupt legal system to protect it. - Steven Magee
One day, I want enough money to be at the center of a corruption scandal. - Gil A. Waters
It is the duty of youths to war against indiscipline and corruption because they are the leaders of tomorrow. - Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha
Many times dealings in crime and corruption are done with more honesty and trust." -From' Foiled. - RR Goswami
Corruption ultimately guilts the corrupt, and it hardens the innocent who suffer as a result of it. It isn't the young who corrupt the old, rather it's the inverse.The aim of the old should be to ensure that the young grow up incorruptible. - Justin K. McFarlane Beau
Power can be hoarded by the mighty or stolen from the innocent.Power provides the ability to choose. But has a proclivity for corruption. The use of power is not to be taken lightly, for it is never without consequence. - Emily Thorne
All Earthquakes and Disasters are warnings; there’s too much corruption in the world - Aristotle
It is purity of spirit that will keep corruption from the flesh - Mark Lawrence
Modern human evolution has reached the point of reporting corruption to the corrupt. - Steven Magee
Political corruption, social greed, and Americanized quasi-socialism can ruin even the most wonderful places. California proved that. - Tiffany Madison
What's it like to be a living legend? A lot fucking better than being a dead one..." Geordie Selwyn, Appetite for Corruption - Hilary Mortz
Idolatry is committed, not merely by setting up false gods, but also by setting up false devils; by making men afraid of war or alcohol, or economic law, when they should be afraid of spiritual corruption and cowardice.
The actual theme of corruption can condemn humanity and this conflict can be resolved when people are diligent to put an end to this catastrophe as a community." - Saaif Alam
Today many of these selfish politicians are preying on the nation itself – (belching corruption and farting discontent!) - Faraaz Kazi
The duty of youth is to challenge corruption. - Kurt Cobain
The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means. - Georges Bernanos
At this time of year it's easy to forget the true meaning of Christianity - the lies, the corruption, the abuse. - Banksy
The majority of the common people do not realize how corrupt the legal system has become until that blatant corruption shows up at their own homes. - Steven Magee
I sincerely hope that President Barack Obama’s government will be remembered as the peak of deregulated corporate corruption and not the ongoing rise of it. - Steven Magee
It is lack of contentment that leads to corruption. - Lailah Gifty Akita
I love you more than the corruption in thge world...!!! - M.Rehan Behleem