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Calvin: Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction read more
Calvin: Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man? Hobbes: I'm not sure that man needs the help
The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference
The accomplice to the crime of corruption is frequently our own indifference
Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today
Corruption and hypocrisy ought not to be inevitable products of democracy, as they undoubtedly are today
"Corruption continues with us beyond the grave," She said, "and then plays merry hell with all ideas
"Corruption continues with us beyond the grave," She said, "and then plays merry hell with all ideas
The men with the muck-rake are often indispensable to the
well-being of society, but only if they know when read more
The men with the muck-rake are often indispensable to the
well-being of society, but only if they know when to stop raking
the muck.
- Theodore Roosevelt,
At length corruption, like a general flood
(So long by watchful ministers withstood),
Shall deluge all; and read more
At length corruption, like a general flood
(So long by watchful ministers withstood),
Shall deluge all; and avarice, creeping on,
Spread like a low-born mist, and blot the sun.
If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually read more
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.
