"Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant……" — Graham Greene
"Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt"
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207 Quotes by Graham Greene
Graham Greene has 207 quotes on this site.
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Sweet are the thoughts that savor of content: the quiet mind is richer than a crown.
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Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can…
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Point me out the happy man and I will point you out either egotism, selfishness, evil - or else an…
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The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're there, listening to every word,…
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There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.
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Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive,…
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The truth has never been of any real value to any human being - it is a symbol for mathematicians…
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In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo…
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It is impossible to go through life without trust: that is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all,…
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Media is just a word that has come to mean bad journalism.
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Morality comes with the sad wisdom of age, when the sense of curiosity has withered.
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When we are not sure, we are alive.
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More Corrupt Quotes
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one of 489 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
— Lord Acton
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People should be free, people should be unencumbered by regulation as much as possible, that big government always goes corrupt…
— Glenn Beck
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Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and…
— Joseph Addison
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When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their…
— Bono
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Among a people generally corrupt liberty cannot long exist.
— Edmund Burke
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Leaders in Africa are so corrupt that we are certain if we put dogs in uniforms and put guns on…
— Stokely Carmichael
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No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people…
— Anton Chekhov
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For far too long the world's poorest people have seen no benefit from the vast natural resources in their own…
— Nick Clegg
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Democrats don't react the same way Republicans do, because they are not forced to react the same way Republicans are…
— Jack Abramoff
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In an age that is utterly corrupt, the best policy is to do as others do.
— Marquis de Sade
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The examples of vice at home corrupt us more quickly and easily than others, since they steal into our minds…
— Juvenal
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O, Thou hast damnable iteration; and art, indeed, able to corrupt a saint.
— William Shakespeare
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