"This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in……" — James L. Buckley
"This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at all, by finding ways to encourage legislators to subordinate ambition to principle."
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20 Quotes by James L. Buckley
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Unfortunately, in today's world we have to be reminded that the power of an oath derives from the fact that…
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They may then be willing to cast principled votes based on an educated understanding of the public interest in the…
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What people fail to appreciate is that the currency of corruption in elective office is, not money, but votes.
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In rendering its decision in our case, the Supreme Court equated money with speech because these days it takes the…
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I had hoped that the current presidential campaign debates might educate the public as to what is really involved in…
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If enough people openly engage in conduct once considered reprehensible, we rewrite the rule book and assume that God, as…
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The kind of corruption the media talk about, the kind the Supreme Court was concerned about, involves the putative sale…
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What distinguishes the campaign finance issue from just about every other one being debated these days is that the two…
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Under the circumstances, may I suggest another means of encouraging probity in elective office. I refer to term limitations, which…
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Given the difficulty of resisting such temptations over the longer run, a proper concern for the welfare of congressional souls…
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As a consequence, the Court ruled that the limits on campaign spending violated the First Amendment, but it accepted the…
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I am persuaded that in the case of elected officials, the overwhelming temptation is to conclude that it is more…
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Alas, all traditions lose their primal purity and we all fail our founders.
— Karen Armstrong
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Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they…
— Aeschylus
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Alas, after a certain age every man is responsible for his face.
— Albert Camus
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And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Alas! all music jars when the soul's out of tune.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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Eventually, alas, I realized the main purpose of buying cocaine is to run out of it.
— George Carlin
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Life, alas, is very drear. Up with the glass! Down with the beer!
— Louis Untermeyer
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Here with my beer I sit, while golden moments flit: alas! They pass unheeded by: and as they fly, I,…
— George Arnold
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Alas, that love, whose view is muffled still, Should without eyes see pathways to his will!
— William Shakespeare
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In spite of the honestest efforts to annihilate my I-ity, or merge it in what the world doubtless considers my…
— Jane Welsh Carlyle
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If little else, the brain is an educational toy. Why it may be a frustrating play thing - one whose…
— Tom Robbins
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Alas, Postumus, the fleeting years slip by, nor will piety give any stay to wrinkles and pressing old age and…
— Horace
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