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41 " Overregulation corrupts citizens and weakens the rule of law. "

― Lawrence Lessig , Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity

42 " There is a concept which corrupts and upsets all others.
I refer not to Evil, whose limited realm is that of ethics; I refer to the infinite. "

― Jorge Luis Borges , Discusión

43 " The indigenous peoples of the great tourist spots seem to lose their souls. All cultural, religious, and political efforts and ideals are crippled since the culture is engaged only in luring ever more tourists. It is not the contact with an essentially foreign population that corrupts the inhabitants of the great foreign resorts. It is the contact with great masses of people who are seeking fir the moment only well-being and not salvation that weakens and devalues the indigenous population. "

― Adolf Guggenbühl-Craig , Marriage Is Dead - Long Live Marriage!

44 " Actually, the “leap of faith”—to give it the memorable name that Soren Kierkegaard bestowed upon it—is an imposture. As he himself pointed out, it is not a “leap” that can be made once and for all. It is a leap that has to go on and on being performed, in spite of mounting evidence to the contrary. This effort is actually too much for the human mind, and leads to delusions and manias. Religion understands perfectly well that the “leap” is subject to sharply diminishing returns, which is why it often doesn’t in fact rely on “faith” at all but instead corrupts faith and insults reason by offering evidence and pointing to confected “proofs.” This evidence and these proofs include arguments from design, revelations, punishments, and miracles. Now that religion’s monopoly has been broken, it is within the compass of any human being to see these evidences and proofs as the feeble-minded inventions that they are. "

― Christopher Hitchens , God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything

45 " Corruption is the abuse of power and position. Corrupts have bad habits and values. Become rigid and don't pay any bribe. If it is require to complain at the appropriate level, do that. "

46 " Art corrupts. Absolute art corrupts absolutely. Please corrupt me absolutely. "

47 " Love corrupts and absolute love corrupts absolutely. The unreasonable systems of men, that is. "

48 " You might have good, moral efforts of working hard and earning money in order to help feed the poor or something along those lines - and then you get the money you’ve been seeking and you see and feel and taste how sweet it is and you only want more and more and more for…yourself.Money corrupts its own intentions. "

49 " When power leads man toward arrogance poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the areas of man's concern poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his experience. When power corrupts poetry cleanses. For art establishes the basic human truths which must serve as the touchstones of our judgement. The artist. . . faithful to his personal vision of reality becomes the last champion of the individual mind and sensibility against an intrusive society and an offensive state. "

50 " Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts perhaps the fear of a loss of power. "

51 " It is not power that corrupts but fear. The fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it. "

52 " Power corrupts the few while weakness corrupts the many. "

53 " If absolute power corrupts absolutely where does that leave God? "

54 " Unlimited power corrupts the possessor. "

55 " Unlimited power corrupts the possessor and this I know that where law ends there tyranny begins. "

56 " Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners. "

57 " The whole macho thing has to be reexamined. Because in my view, the Bush administration was weak, not strong. To engage in a policy of torture is a weak policy. Because ultimately, it encourages the terrorists. It undermines our own values. It corrupts our system. And it doesn't get good intelligence. "

58 " Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. "

― John C. Maxwell , Your Road Map for Success: You Can Get There from Here

59 " Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. "

― John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton , Essays On Freedom And Power