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Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
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,
So true is that old saying, Corruptio optimi pessima.
So true is that old saying, Corruptio optimi pessima.
If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are read more
If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.
If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
If something can corrupt you, you're corrupted already.
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
'Tis the most certain sign, the world's accurst
That the best things corrupted, are the worst;
'Twas read more
'Tis the most certain sign, the world's accurst
That the best things corrupted, are the worst;
'Twas the corrupted Light of knowledge, hurl'd
Sin, Death, and Ignorance o'er all the world;
That Sun like this (from which our sight we have)
Gaz'd on too long, resumes the light he gave.
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
When rogues like these (a sparrow cries)
To honours and employments rise,
I court no favor, ask read more
When rogues like these (a sparrow cries)
To honours and employments rise,
I court no favor, ask no place,
For such preferment is disgrace.