Corruption Quote by Zephyr Teachout

“Political corruption is eating our democracy out from the inside. Most Americans know that. But democratic and economic health can't be easily disentangled.”

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Anti-corruption is a core constitutional value. It always has been.

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Integrity is hard work. I do think the internet makes it harder because of the temptations of performance. You can perform and have integrity,…

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If you think art is a competitive forum, then you're going to stop doing it if you're not good. But if it's not competitive,…

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A combination of working in politics as well as teaching and being [an actor] certainly helped. I became so much more comfortable in front…

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If those people in power never made any mistakes, we'd be done for as a democracy. But people keep making mistakes. History is a…

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Normally, politicians lie because they want to persuade us of the truth of what they are saying. A candidate for Congress will claim that…

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The Internet is an important organizing tool. But the goal of a campaign isn't to use the Internet for organizing; the goal is always…

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