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It is almost a general rule that nations do not decline gradually. Instead they fall abruptly from their greatest heights.

— Pierre Stephen Robert Payne The Corrupt Society - From Ancient Greece To Present-Day America (1975)

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Nietzsche's accomplishment is that he permits us to see corruption from the inside.

The Corrupt Society - From Ancient Greece To Present-Day America (1975)

The corrupt man is nearly always rootless, deeply aware of his rootlessness.

The Corrupt Society - From Ancient Greece To Present-Day America (1975)

At the heart of the mystery of corruption lies the desire of one man to impose his will on others to the largest possible extent.

The Corrupt Society - From Ancient Greece To Present-Day America (1975)

Throughout the history of Christianity, there had been a core of belief that man was not doomed to be everlastingly corrupt.

The Corrupt Society - From Ancient Greece To Present-Day America (1975)

Naked power has its limitations, since power is a generator of corruption and corruption in its turn tends to dilute the effectiveness of power.

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