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.

A nation's wealth is too serious a matter to be left to the wealthy. The riches of a nation belong to all, to be shared among all for the general welfare.

The game of power is played remorselessly by men who have not the slightest knowledge of, or interest in, the way ordinary people live, and the ordinary people are too terrified to protest.

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.

Uncorrupted man, with God's blessing, advances across the fields of the universe as though he were walking down a country lane.

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.

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