Corruption appears to be a universal phenomenon that lays its own imperious claims on the world, and therefore it is the duty of all nations to prepare themselves against its onslaught by taking proper precautions.

The second corruption of the state is oligarchy (oligos = few), in which the military elite is narrowed down to a few ruling families of immense wealth and prestige, who now openly flaunt their wealth and possessions.

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

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.

All is forgiven to kings and popes. History grants them immunity, even a full pardon, even when they admit their crimes and glory in them.

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

Throughout the history of Christianity, there had been a core of belief that man was not doomed to be everlastingly corrupt.