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 totalitarian dictatorship cannot explain; it can only suppress.

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

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

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

Historically the first philosopher to enquire deeply into the nature of corruption in society was Ibn Khaldun (1322-1406), whose wandering life was largely spent in the northern littoral of Africa at a time when kingdoms and sultanates were crumbling.

The small Hitlers are around us every day.