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Letter "C" » corrupt
«Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below the surface»
Author: James Bryant Conant
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Behavior
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below, corrupt, intrinsically, irritate, irritates, superficially, surface
«But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.»
«Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.»
«Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist»
«Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
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Democracy
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appointment, by election, corrupt, election, election of, incompetent, incompetents, substitutes
«Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.»
Author: George Bernard Shaw
(Critic, Essayist, Playwright)
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Democracy
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appointment, corrupt, election, form of government, incompetent, incompetents, substitutes
«Advance, and never halt, for advancing is perfection. Advance and do not fear the thorns in the path, for they draw only corrupt blood.»
«All things tend to corrupt perverted minds.»
«Civilization is not by any means an easy thing to attain to. There are only two ways by which man can reach it. One is by being cultured, the other by being corrupt.»
Author: Oscar Wilde
(Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
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by any means, civilization, corrupt, corrupting, cultured, Their culture, Two Cultures
«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.»
Author: Samuel Johnson
(Critic, Poet, Writer)
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abuse, claiming, consideration, corrupt, enormous, overturn, overturned, overturning, political system, political systems, rise up, The Abuse
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