Corrupt

Famous quotes containing the word corrupt:

    And then, Sir, there is this consideration, that if the abuse be enormous, Nature will rise up, and claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system.
    Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

    Manners are of more importance than laws.... Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in.
    Edmund Burke (1729–1797)

    All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.
    Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)