Corruption.........................

“The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.” 
-Tacitus

“It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.” 
-Mark Twain

“When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads.” 
-Ron Paul

“Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.” 
-Frank Herbert

“Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist.” 
-Edmund Burke

“There are pockets of wealth in this country. Mostly those pockets are in the politicians’ pants. 
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-Jarod Kintz

“All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.” 
-Clive James

“Experience has shown, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.” 
-Thomas Jefferson

“If absolute power corrupts absolutely, where does that leave God?” 
-George Deacon

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