Quotes of: Corrupted Keyword

Power in the hands of the reformer is no less potentially corrupting than in the hands of the oppressor.

Ethical Ambition: Living a Life of Meaning and Worth

A blanket might make the ideal politician, because they’re warm, comforting, soft, and easily corruptible. 

Brick and Blanket

It ain't power that corrupts, it's the changes you put your head through getting it.

Bug Jack Barron

The devil himself can become beauty, so we are told, to corrupt mankind." (Marco)

An Instance of the Fingerpost

That is how war corrupts us. It plays on our pride in our own free will.

The Magus

You need a high degree of corruption or a very big heart to love absolutely everything

November

If corruption had already taken root, then good seeds must be preserved.

My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut

Logic, when used correctly and by an intellect that is not corrupted by the lower passions, may lead to one to the Transcendent itself.

Tawhid and Science

If Warren Buffet made chocolate, I’ll bet it’d be really rich. And corrupt.

This Book Has No Title

For decades, the plight of the Palestinian people has been exacerbated by internal corruption, a lack of effective investment, and the political cynicism of the Arab states, who often did not have the best interests of the Palestinians at heart.

Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

The communism of Karl Marx would probably be actually the best for everybody as a whole. But what he didn't figure into was human nature, and that's what corrupts it.

Jesse Ventura

As a columnist, I realize that whatever amount of corruption I expose, half my readers will block it out, although they may get a frisson of joy in the process.

Margaret Carlson

Today, to allege corruption seems to be the pastime of most people. All kinds of allegations are leveled. I think it is self-defeating.

P. Chidambaram

Big-government economics breeds crony capitalism. It's corrupt, anything but neutral, and a barrier to broad participation in prosperity.

Paul Ryan

Over the years, Western governments have been criticized for working with foreign police who have proved abusive or corrupt.

Samantha Power

If we elect the same corrupt politicians every time, that's a very clear message that we don't want a change.

Sukant Ratnakar

Knowledge is power but too much power tends to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.

Sidy Sidique

When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.

Thomas Jefferson

Political corruption, social greed, and Americanized quasi-socialism can ruin even the most wonderful places. California proved that.

Tiffany Madison

Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.

Karl Kraus

Lots of people fantasize about what it would be like if they were president... Most think they'd be decent and wouldn't be corrupted at all, that they'd remain true to themselves.

Kevin Kline