The corrupt, when found out, become especially good moralists.

The corrupt man is nearly always rootless, deeply aware of his rootlessness.

It is almost a general rule that nations do not decline gradually. Instead they fall abruptly from their greatest heights.

It is precisely when we help one another that we gain our victories over corruption, but the victory is assured only when we help one another with all our strength.

Nietzsche's accomplishment is that he permits us to see corruption from the inside.

Corrupt men are always liars. Lies are their instruments, their pleasure, their solace. In time they come to believe their lies, or rather to half-believe them.

At the heart of the mystery of corruption lies the desire of one man to impose his will on others to the largest possible extent.