Corruption-quotes Quote by Carla H. Krueger

“There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity…

— Auberon Waugh

“How can a world full of evil, corrupt people also contain such beauty?”

— Madison Sevier

“A man who does not like power will suffer from its cruelty. He would be unable to raise his hand in punishment or to…

— Shan Sa

“Human beings betray their worst failings when they marvel to find that a world ruler is neither foolishly indolent, presumptuous, nor cruel.”

— Marguerite Yourcenar

“The world is cruel enough without our compounding it;”

— Scott Lynch

“I am becoming a tyrant, threatening in place of convincing. Unstable instead of steadying. I am suited to the shadows, to the art of…

— Holly Black

“Poisonous people will try to destroy you when they recognize your power; this is because they fear what you might become.”

— Peprah Boasiako

“For only the humans were endowed with the lust for power so strong that the raw passion of their nature could be easily corrupted.”

— Margaret Weis

“Sadly, cowardice, ignorance, indifference, greed and fear, rule over the world”

— Den Sjo

“We've built a world too complicated and dangerous for our quarrelsome natures to manage.”

— Ian McEwan

“WE SHOULD BE DIRECTED BY REASON, OFTEN AS NOT WE ARE THE SLAVES OF APPETITE. AND THERE IS NO APPETITE SO HARD TO APPEASE…

— Mark T. Barnes

“There’s a destructive urge in people, the urge to rage, murder and kill. And until all of humanity, without exception, undergoes a metamorphosis, wars…

— Anne Frank