"There is something in corruption which, like..." - Quote by Thomas Paine

“The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”

“The artificial noble shrinks into a dwarf before the noble of nature; and in the few instances (for there are some in all countries) in whom nature, as by a miracle, has survived in aristocracy, those men despise it.”

“Nothing, they say is more certain than death, and nothing more uncertain than the time of dying”

“People starve. The rulers consume too much with their taxes. That is why people starve.”

“The rich man is always sold to the institution which makes him rich. Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue.”

“In these sentiments, sir, I agree to this Constitution, with all its faults, if they are such; because I think a General Government necessary for us, and there is no form of government, but what may be a blessing to the people if well administered; and believe further, that this is likely to be well administered for a course of years, and can only end in despotism, as other forms have done before it, when the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government, being incapable of any other.”

“Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand.”

“My dream is that as the years go by and the world knows more and more of America, itwill turn to America for those moral inspirations that lie at the basis of all freedomthat America will come into the full light of the day when all shall know that she puts human rights above all other rights, and that her flag is the flag not only of America but of humanity.”

“To do a great right do a little wrong.”