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.
Robert PayneIt is almost a general rule that nations do not decline gradually. Instead they fall abruptly from their greatest heights.
Robert PayneNaked power has its limitations, since power is a generator of corruption and corruption in its turn tends to dilute the effectiveness of power.
Robert PayneThe 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.
Robert Payne