When I saw corruption I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy.
The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.
Simply that we are mirroring the trends in society at any given time smuggling was an issue in the seventies corruption is an issue today and we faithfully reflect those issues.
Political ideology can corrupt the mind and science.
I think Bond the character is distinct: He's British he has a certain code that he lives by he's incorruptible... he's a classical hero but he's also fallible. He has inner demons inner conflicts and he's a romantic.
We establish no religion in this country nor will we ever. But we poison our society when we remove its theological underpinnings. We court corruption when we leave society devoid of belief.
Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it and this I know my lords: that where law ends tyranny begins.
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
It is said that power corrupts but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.
Power doesn't corrupt people people corrupt power.
In the United States though power corrupts the expectation of power paralyzes.
Goodness armed with power is corrupted and pure love without power is destroyed.
A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians with higher goals. But all of them get corrupted by power.
Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Because power corrupts society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption or both.
Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction to wit: by consolidation of power first and then corruption its necessary consequence.