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Corrupt Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries as long as they are chiefly agricultural; and this will be as long as there…
- The division into whig and tory is founded in the nature of men; the weakly and nerveless, the rich and the corrupt, seeing more safety…
- Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reeactments, because a constant hold, by the nation, of the strings of the public purse is a…
- I do verily believe that if the principle were to prevail of a common law being in force in the United States (which principle possesses…
- ...is the spirit of the people an infallible, a permanent reliance? ...the spirit of the times may alter, will alter. Our rulers will become corrupt,…
- The spirit of the times may alter, will alter. Our rulers will become corrupt, our people careless... From the conclusion of this war we shall…
- When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.
- We are endeavoring, too, to reduce the government to the practice of a rigorous economy, to avoid burdening the people, and arming the magistrate with…
- Taxes should be continued by annual or biennial reenactments; because a constant hold by the nation of the strings of the public purse is a…
More Corrupt Quotes
- Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. — Lord Acton
- People should be free, people should be unencumbered by regulation as much as possible, that big government always goes corrupt and the… — Glenn Beck
- Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that… — Joseph Addison
- When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their dodgy associates… — Unknown Author
- Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist. — Edmund Burke
- Leaders in Africa are so corrupt that we are certain if we put dogs in uniforms and put guns on their shoulders,… — Stokely Carmichael
- No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people placed over… — Anton Chekhov
- For far too long the world's poorest people have seen no benefit from the vast natural resources in their own backyards. It… — Nick Clegg
- Democrats don't react the same way Republicans do, because they are not forced to react the same way Republicans are forced to… — Jack Abramoff
- In an age that is utterly corrupt, the best policy is to do as others do. — Marquis de Sade
- The examples of vice at home corrupt us more quickly and easily than others, since they steal into our minds under the… — Juvenal
- O, Thou hast damnable iteration; and art, indeed, able to corrupt a saint. — William Shakespeare