Corruption Quote by George Bancroft Download Open image “Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.” — George Bancroft ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Corruption Deceive Dishonesty God Grasping Possible Were
“Engaging in deceitfulness is a slap in God’s face and has dire consequences. When we make a choice not to trust Him to handle… — Deborah Smith Pegues Copy Share Image
It is not hard to deceive ministers, relatives and friends. But it is impossible to deceive Christ. — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
Dishonesty is like a boomerang. About the time you think all is well, it hits you in the back of the head. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr Copy Share Image
Nothing is so easy as to deceive oneself; for what we wish, we readily believe. — Demosthenes Copy Share Image
Suspicious.- To admit a belief merely because it is a custom - but that means to be dishonest, cowardly, lazy! - And so could… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
In matters of religion, it is very easy to deceive a man and very hard to undeceive him. — Pierre Bayle Copy Share Image
There are many who have grave scruples about deceiving but think it as nothing to deceive themselves. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
People who are lazy, careless, doubtful-minded or arrogant need not expect God to reveal His secret or covenant to them. — Watchman Nee Copy Share Image
“The disturbances in the country grew not out of anything republican, but out of slavery, which is a part of the system of hereditary… — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
The measure of progress of civilization is the progress of the people. — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
Not in vain has Lincoln lived, for he has helped to make this republic an example of justice, with no caste but the caste… — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
Ennui is the desire of activity without the fit means of gratifying the desire. — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
By common consent gray hairs are a crown of glory; the only object of respect that can never excite envy. — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
Style is the gossamer on which the seeds of truth float through the world. — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
The charities of life are scattered everywhere, enameling the vales of human beings as the flowers paint the meadows. They are not the fruit… — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
Institutions may crumble and governments fall, but it is only that they may renew a better youth, and mount upwards like the eagle. — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are all blindly adopted, the second willfully preferred. — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine. — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
In 1688 England contracted to the Netherlands the highest debt that one nation can owe to another. Herself not knowing how to recover her… — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
It [Calvinism] established a religion without a prelate, a government without a king. — George Bancroft Copy Share Image
We could form a government of national unity fighting corruption. The ordinary Afghan is sick and tired of it, because it's she or he… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
Right now we're concerned about budget. Right now we're concerned about the prospect of interest rate rise. We're concerned about government corruption, government handing… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
In the lead up to the Iraq war and its later conduct, I saw at a minimum, true dereliction, negligence and irresponsibility, at worse,… — Anthony Zinni Copy Share Image
“Don't let cycles of violent crimes, uncontrollable, rising cases of bloody impunity, evil puppets in a crippled judiciary, marionettes in a corrupted legislative system… — Angelica Hopes Copy Share Image
What greater weakness can there be than not to know what is the source of one's being, of one's life, of one's senses, of… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
My aim was to make money for the bank. You lose track of the amounts involved when you are engaged in this kind of… — Jerome Kerviel Copy Share Image
Democracy must be built through open societies that share information. When there is information, there is enlightenment. When there is debate, there are solutions.… — Atifete Jahjaga Copy Share Image
Selfishness is one of the principal fruits of the corruption of human nature; and it is obvious that selfishness disposes us to over-rate our… — William Wilberforce Copy Share Image
Corruption could lead to the collapse of the Party [Communist Party of China] and the downfall of the state [People's Republic of China]. — Xi Jinping Copy Share Image
“Oh where is the noble face of modesty, or the strength of virtue, now that blasphemy is in power and men have put justice… — Euripides Copy Share Image
I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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