Corrupt Quotes
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“The USA is a beautiful country...when you take the corrupt corporations and their government minions out of the equation.”
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“President Trump is doing a great job of demonstrating that politicians routinely lie to their electorate.”
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“It is unreasonable for the common people to expect a known corrupt legal system to protect them.”
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“Stop cheating to be rich. Stop stealing to be wealthy. Stop siphoning the valuables of other people to keep for yourself.”
― 101 Keys To Everyday Passion
― 101 Keys To Everyday Passion
“We live in a blatantly corrupt world and smart people engage in the wise practice of risk management.”
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“When placing an emergency call, it is important to remember that a corrupt or incompetent cop may be on their way to you.”
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“Western police officers are an arguably corrupt group of people that have rigged the system to make them almost untouchable.”
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“I dread having to call the police, as I have no idea if they will send good cop, bad cop, lying cop, incompetent cop, aggressive cop, assaulting cop, corrupt cop, or the worst one of them all, the terminator cop.”
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“When the police willfully break the law on video and then deny the event in writing, you know that you are dealing with a blatantly corrupt group of people.”
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“Earlier than about 10,000 years ago, all human populations were hunter gatherers. Soon, probably none will be. Those not extinct will be 'civilised' — or corrupted, depending on your point of view.”
― The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
― The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
“Some of the most corrupt people that you will meet in life are working in corporate government law enforcement. They make criminals look like amateurs.”
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“It is unreasonable to expect a known corrupt law enforcement department to uphold your legal rights.”
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“..it must make sense to try & sign up the minister's man, who in the end is the one person who can ensure that you will be awarded the contract.
The system seems to work well, & as long as a minister deals only with reputable international firms & doesn't become too greedy, no one complains.
Fail to observe either of those two golden rules & the whole house of cards collapses.”
― A Quiver Full of Arrows
The system seems to work well, & as long as a minister deals only with reputable international firms & doesn't become too greedy, no one complains.
Fail to observe either of those two golden rules & the whole house of cards collapses.”
― A Quiver Full of Arrows
“The hallmarks of a dishonest society are cash for silence, non-disclosure agreements and the illegal removal of rights of those in the know.”
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“Corporate government law enforcement departments act in the interests of the corporations, even if those actions are illegal.”
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“The human mind-we have come to observe-tricks out distinctions in principles of oposition. A man more foul will likely be less benign. A woman with a greedy belly may also be mean with her widow's might. The way a man slakes his thirst and a woman slakes her thirst are not identical, for they thirst for different things.
Perhaps this is why humans rely on the mirror, to get beyond the simple me-you, handsome-hideous, menacing-merciful. In a mirror, humans see that the one is also also them: the two are the same, one one. The menace accompanies the mercy. The transcendent cohabits with the corrupt. What stirring lives humans have managed to live, knowing this of themselves! And so we have made a mirror, and in our foolishness lost it, and the one who set out to reclaim it had never returned. Back into our unexamined selves we slunk, until she arrived at our door. (140)”
― Mirror Mirror
Perhaps this is why humans rely on the mirror, to get beyond the simple me-you, handsome-hideous, menacing-merciful. In a mirror, humans see that the one is also also them: the two are the same, one one. The menace accompanies the mercy. The transcendent cohabits with the corrupt. What stirring lives humans have managed to live, knowing this of themselves! And so we have made a mirror, and in our foolishness lost it, and the one who set out to reclaim it had never returned. Back into our unexamined selves we slunk, until she arrived at our door. (140)”
― Mirror Mirror
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