Corrupt citizens breed corrupt rulers, and it is the mob who finally decides when virtue shall die. Votes: 4
Taylor CaldwellDemocracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few. Votes: 2
George Bernard ShawPower does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power. Votes: 2
John SteinbeckAbsolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible. Votes: 0
Frank HerbertWe need some honesty and sincerity instead of corrupt government in Washington. Votes: 0
Jack KevorkianVoters definitely believe Washington is corrupt - but most think its bipartisan. Votes: 0
Chuck ToddChicago is unique. It is the only completely corrupt city in America. Votes: 0
Charles Edward MerriamThe Commission on Presidential Debates is a corrupt stranglehold on our democracy. Votes: 0
Phil DonahueThere are some corrupt Christians who do their business with female donkeys. Votes: 0
Gabriel García MárquezYou corrupt religion either in favour of your friends, or against your enemies. Votes: 0
Blaise PascalOrganic farming is about buying out of a corrupt, illegal and dishonest system. Votes: 0
Jerry BrownCivil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt. Votes: 0
Mahatma GandhiPhotographs supplant and corrupt the past, all the while creating their own memories. Votes: 0
Sally MannIrresponsible power is inconsistent with liberty, and must corrupt those who exercise it. Votes: 0
John C. CalhounO, Thou hast damnable iteration; and art, indeed, able to corrupt a saint. Votes: 0
William ShakespeareSurveillance changes history. We know this through examples of corrupt presidents like Nixon. Votes: 0
Mikko HypponenChicago is not the most corrupt American city. It's the most theatrically corrupt. Votes: 0
Studs TerkelUnlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it. Votes: 0
William Pitt, 1st Earl of ChathamNow as to the behavior of the soldiers: occupations always corrupt the occupiers. Votes: 0
Yaroslav TrofimovNations grow corrupt, love bondage more than liberty; bondage with ease than strenuous liberty. Votes: 0
John MiltonThe Bible: a history of wickedness that has served to corrupt and brutalise mankind. Votes: 0
Thomas PaineThey wouldn't let us into Russia. They thought we'd corrupt the youth or something. Votes: 0
Freddie MercuryA corrupt practice may be abolished, but a soiled imagination is not easily cleansed. Votes: 0
Hannah MorePACs corrupt the system. They handle vast amounts of money and the money corrupts. Votes: 0
Paul RyanDeath is the only sovereign whom no partiality can warp, and no price corrupt. Votes: 0
Charles Caleb ColtonWhen men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken. Votes: 0
Benjamin DisraeliThe devil himself can become beauty, so we are told, to corrupt mankind." (Marco) Votes: 0
Iain PearsI think the American government is now the most corrupt government in the world. Votes: 0
Ginger BakerThrough transparency we expose corruption, but then there is no action taken against the corrupt. Votes: 0
Aruna RoyPoetry is on earth to make you serene, not corrupt your mind, thoughts,or emotions Votes: 0
Lisa SeeBig Business and Politics are twins, they are the monsters who kill everything, corrupt everything. Votes: 0
Anais NinWomen work harder. And women are more honest; they have less reasons to be corrupt. Votes: 0
Ellen Johnson SirleafKnowledge does not corrupt, unless it is arrogant; but then it is not true knowledge. Votes: 0
Elie WieselWhen the thinking of a people becomes corrupt, the pure silver becomes impure in its hands. Votes: 0
Muhammad IqbalMemoir is not an act of history, but an act of memory, which is innately corrupt. Votes: 0
Mary KarrThere is no praise in being upright, where no one can, or tries to corrupt you. Votes: 0
Marcus Tullius CiceroWriting is sacred, other activities are profane, and I don't want them to corrupt my writing. Votes: 0
Nassim Nicholas TalebHow delicious to corrupt, to stifle all semblances of virtue and religion in that young heart! Votes: 0
Marquis de SadeThe British judiciary is one of the most corrupt in the world because of politically active judges. Votes: 0
Ken LivingstoneOh, you are the kind of man who will corrupt a woman to her very last fiber. Votes: 0
Leopold von Sacher-MasochHillary Clinton may be the most corrupt person ever to seek the presidency of the United States. Votes: 0
Donald TrumpPower does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power. Votes: 0
George Bernard ShawWhere the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt. Votes: 0
Felix AdlerA good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Votes: 0
Matthew McConaugheyIf Hip Hop has the ability to corrupt young minds, it also has the ability to Uplift them. Votes: 0
KRS-OneThose who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse. Votes: 0
Adlai E. StevensonFor this is the true strength of guilty kings, When they corrupt the souls of those they rule. Votes: 0
Matthew ArnoldAnger is poison. You must purge it from your mind or else it will corrupt your better nature. Votes: 0
Christopher PaoliniHowever corrupt our hearts, and however wicked our past lives, there is hope for us in the Gospel. Votes: 0
J. C. RyleNo matter how corrupt the Church may become, it carries within it the seeds of its own regeneration. Votes: 0
Dorothy DayOh! my friend, never seek to corrupt the person whom you love, it can go further than you think... Votes: 0
Marquis de SadeThe worse the man the better the soldier. If soldiers be not corrupt they ought to be made so. Votes: 0
Napoleon BonaparteNo one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted. Votes: 0
TacitusAs long as we abide in Christ, our action is from Him, not from our own corrupt and broken nature. Votes: 0
Horace BushnellI believe in the law. I think we have a great system of justice. But I do think that system of justice has been corrupted by racism and classism. I think it's difficult for 'poor people' - poor white people, brown people - to be treated fairly before the law in the same way that upper-class people are. Votes: 0 Henry Louis Gates
It is standard practice for corrupt leaders who are seeking a certain political outcome to hype or manipulate a terror threat or a threat of violent domestic subversion. While sometimes the threat is manufactured, frequently the hyped threat is based on a real danger. Votes: 3 Naomi Wolf
It is standard practice for corrupt leaders who are seeking a certain political outcome to hype or manipulate a terror threat or a threat of violent domestic subversion. While sometimes the threat is manufactured, frequently the hyped threat is based on a real danger. Votes: 3 Naomi Wolf
I don't mind being identified as any character as long as I'm doing a good job as an actor. I have done all kinds of roles - from an editor, judge, police officer, murderer to a corrupt businessman. Votes: 1 Boman Irani
Power doesn't always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals. Votes: 4 Robert Caro