"The more corrupt the state, the more numerous…" — Tacitus

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• 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… — Glenn Beck
• Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and… — Joseph Addison
• When a nation is over-reliant on one or two commodities like oil or precious minerals, corrupt government ministers and their… — Bono
• 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… — Stokely Carmichael
• No matter how corrupt and unjust a convict may be, he loves fairness more than anything else. If the people… — Anton Chekhov
• For far too long the world's poorest people have seen no benefit from the vast natural resources in their own… — Nick Clegg
• Democrats don't react the same way Republicans do, because they are not forced to react the same way Republicans are… — 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… — Juvenal
• O, Thou hast damnable iteration; and art, indeed, able to corrupt a saint. — William Shakespeare

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