Corrupt
Definition: Corrupts: third-person present. Having or showing a willingness to act
dishonestly in return for money or personal gain. Cause to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.
Number of Quotes: 8
The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.
Dean Acheson
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
John Adams
There are two parties involved in every corrupt transaction, typically a government official and a business person. Yet those
who pay bribes are often depicted as innocent victims ... The reality is that both parties conspire to defraud the public.
Lynda Chalker
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
John Dalberg-Acton
Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and the simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt.
Graham Greene
When power leads men towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's
concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
John F. Kennedy
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
John Steinbeck
You cannot hope to bribe or twist (thank God!) the British journalist. But, seeing what the man will do unbribed, there's no occasion to.
Humbert Wolfe
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