Corruption Quotes - Page 6
Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty.
'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' (1776-88) ch. 21
David Brin (1997). “The Postman”, GuildAmerica Books
Bernard Bailyn (2012). “The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution”, p.138, Harvard University Press
Benjamin Ricketson Tucker (1970). “Liberty”
Alexander Pope (1856). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope”, p.26
The time to guard against corruption and tyranny is before they shall have gotten hold of us.
Thomas Jefferson, Richard Holland Johnston, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the United States “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson”
David Hume, Knud Haakonssen (1994). “Hume: Political Essays”, p.46, Cambridge University Press
Under government ownership corruption can flourish just as rankly as under private ownership.
Theodore Roosevelt (1952). “1907-1907”