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.

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

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.

For domination has nothing whatsoever to do with good government, and power as an end in itself destroys good government.

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.

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.