#corrupt

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. ↗

— Jeff Miller

#corruption #country #court #devoid #establish

We begin the path toward defeating Mexico's real adversary, who represents authoritarianism and the worst antidemocratic practice, who represents a return to corruption as a system and impunity as conviction. That adversary is Pena Nieto and his party. ↗

— Josefina Vazquez Mota

#authoritarianism #begin #conviction #corruption #defeating

The corruption of the American soul is consumerism. ↗

— Ben Nicholson

#consumerism #corruption #soul

The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the corruption of the soul. ↗

— Ben Nicholson

#any #beast #boils #corruption #dante

I have never intimidated the masses... I only intimidate corrupt officials. ↗

— Zhu Rongji

#i #intimidate #intimidated #masses #never

Communism has never come to power in a country that was not disrupted by war or corruption, or both. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#come #communism #corruption #country #disrupted

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. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#consolidation #corruption #country #course #destruction

Children also have artistic ability, and there is wisdom in there having it! The more helpless they are, the more instructive are the examples they furnish us; and they must be preserved free of corruption from an early age. ↗

— Paul Klee

#age #also #artistic #children #corruption

Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions. ↗

— Jonathan Swift

#corruptions #nothing #politics #understood #word

Nick plays a corrupt politician, which is kind of a redundant statement. ↗

— Alan Rudolph

#kind #nick #plays #politician #redundant