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

The small Hitlers are around us every day.

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.

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.

Naked power has its limitations, since power is a generator of corruption and corruption in its turn tends to dilute the effectiveness of power.

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

Conquest, tyranny, treachery, and the clash of cultures bring about corrupt societies, and so does old age. Sometimes the five faces of corruption are visible at the same time.