288 quotes found
“Is it possible thatwe hate politics because we have forgotten its specifi c and limitednature, its overwhelming value, and also its innate fragility? Could it bethat our expectations are so high th...”
“It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as [inherently] exceptional, whatever the motivation. There are big countries and small countries, rich and poor, those with long dem...”
“When your out of space, your out of place at the same time.”
“My shipmates and I only grasped our roles on the very superficial level we were taught. We were fighting the bad guys. They were the bad guys because we were told that they were the bad guys. We ha...”
“The more desperate you are to reach heaven, the deeper you descend into hell.”
“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.”
“That is how war corrupts us. It plays on our pride in our own free will.”
“How can a school prepare you for murderers and mad-men?' Taro asked. 'Friends who would betray you to your death. People in authority who use their power to perform the most unnatural acts. People ...”
“Somebody had said how only 15 paisa of the one rupee sent from the Centre reached the intended beneficiaries. The job of a leader isn't just to diagnose the disease but to treat it”
“The fifth stage is one of waste and squandering. In this stage, the ruler wastes on pleasures and amusements the treasures accumulated by his ancestors, through excessive generosity to his inner ci...”
“During most of my Bureau career I worked major economic fraudinvestigationsand wasamazed at theschemes con-artist and corrupt corporate and public officialswoulddeviseto steal other peoples money.I...”
“If Jackson had learned one thing over the years it was that nothing, absolutely nothing, was above corruption so long as human beings were involved, because, in truth, most people were not above th...”
“and the best, if not heedfully used, will prove the word. The better and keener the knife is, the sooner and deeper will it cut thy fingers, if thou take not heed (647).”
“Loyalty in a critic is corruption.”
“You know that when a police officer refuses to produce formal identification on request, they are probably engaging in some form of corruption.”
“Fashion sells education is sold.”
“Gospel of miracles is bringing about corruption in our country.”
“The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people. As long as the government is perceived as working for the benefit of the children, the people will happily endure al...”
“Power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed.”
“To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism.”
