Georges Bernanos Quotes
The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.
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Corporate corruption has ecological merits. It's helping to preserve that species known as Democrats - thought to be endangered as recently as the year 2000.
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Corruption is when a politician uses public funds to deliver pistachio ice cream to his home and transfer garden furniture to his Caesarea villa, then requesting that the expenses be covered for the water in his pool and fights to get a private jet.
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We are all aware that corruption is pervasive. It operates at every level. The poor may carry its greatest burden, but it is an affliction that every Indian is desperate to be rid of.
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In terms of competitiveness of new global environment, Kenya will have absolutely no choice but to tackle the most important constraint to its development: it has been corruption.
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I love Fall Fashion Week because it means lots of layering, long sweaters and vintage coats.
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When leaders are no longer beholden to the people who elected them, corruption results and the recruitment of extremists becomes easier.
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I love the sound of Elmore James, the sound early guitarists like him got just by using minimal means.
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Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind of randomization. But chicken guts are hard to read and invite flights of fancy or corruption.
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Liberty means more to me than life itself.
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Hillary Clinton embodies the corruption of Washington.
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To move up to hardcover is a way of getting more attention for my books. It means a lot to me: It means my books are legitimate.
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I think there are three main values which are fundamental: that Georgia will never be a criminal country, that Georgia will never return to corruption, and that Georgia will be independent.
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Today, to allege corruption seems to be the pastime of most people. All kinds of allegations are leveled. I think it is self-defeating.
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You are adrift while you still think that a means is an end.
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Exercise power by means of kindness, and you may be causing more damage than you could by cruelty. Neither approach is correct.
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To innovate does not necessarily mean to expand; very often it means to simplify.
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If America gave anybody anything it is ambition. Bad things would come out of it because some guys are in a hurry, but that doesn't mean they're evil or anything, it just means they fall into bad grace somehow.
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Intercession means raising ourselves up to the point of getting the mind of Christ regarding the person for whom we are praying.
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The abuse of buying and selling votes crept in and money began to play an important part in determining elections. Later on, this process of corruption spread to the law courts. And then to the army, and finally the Republic was subjected to the rule of emperors.
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Why would Dem leadership immediately kneecap Democrats? Because they work for their donors. This is way to defeat all progressive initiatives. It’s Corruption 101. @NancyPelosi is unacceptable, should be immediately challenged.
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The question if this is a work of art or not is not very interesting for us. Probably it is situated in between the established categories. Anyway the audience which is interested in art would be the most open-minded and willing to think about it.
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Chance makes a plaything of a man's life.
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The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means.
