“Government was intended to suppress injustice, but it offers new occasions and temptations for the commission of it.” — William Godwin, Enquiry Concerning Political Justice
Tag: corruption
Quote of the Day
“If a thing was right fundamentally the lying was not supposed to matter. There was a lot of lying though. He did not care for the lying at first. He hated it. Then later he had come to like it. It was part of being an insider but it was a very corrupting business.” — Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls
Quote of the Day
“It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.” — Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse Dune
Quote of the Day
“When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.” — Benjamin Disraeli, Contarini Fleming