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> [Corrupt citizens breed corrupt rulers, and it is the mob who finally decides when virtue shall die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-caldwell/corrupt-citizens-breed-corrupt-rulers-and-it-is-the-mob-who-finally/)

[Taylor Caldwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-caldwell/)

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> [The truth is that the State is a conspiracy designed not only to exploit, but above all to corrupt its citizens... Henceforth, I shall never serve any government anywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/the-truth-is-that-the-state-is-a-conspiracy-designed-not-only-to/)

[Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/)

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