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So many wells have been dug in Changzhou that its groundwater has been over-exploited, and the local ground level has sunk by two feet. The city has officially banned new wells and mandated the installation of pollution controls, but China's endemic corruption ensures that neither measure has much meaning.

~Charles C. Mann

Topics: Banned Been China City Controls Corruption Dug Feet Ground Installation Level Local Many Meaning Measure Much Neither New Officially Pollution Sunk Two

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Corruption is like a ball of snow, once it's set a rolling it must increase.

~Charles Caleb Colton

Topics: Ball Corruption Increase Like Must Once Rolling Set Snow

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It is not the young people that degenerate; they are not spoiled till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.

~Charles De Montesquieu

Topics: Age Corruption Degenerate Mature People Spoiled Sunk Those Till Young Young People

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Feast of the Holy Cross Does not every man feel, that there is corruption enough within him to drive him to the commission of the greatest enormities, and eternally to destroy his soul?

~Charles Simeon

Topics: Commission Corruption Cross Destroy Does Drive Enough Eternally Every Every Man Feast Feel Greatest Him His Holy Man Soul Within

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I groan daily under a body of sin and corruption. Oh for the time when I shall drop this flesh, and be free from sin!

~Charles Spurgeon

Topics: Body Corruption Daily Drop Flesh Free Oh Shall Sin Time

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In the final analysis, the incident is seen as originating from an emotional expression of the frustration and anger of the proud people of China who had been subject to ever increasing oppression from without and decadent corruption from within.

~Chen-Ning Yang

Topics: Analysis Anger Been China Corruption Decadent Emotional Ever Expression Final Frustration Had Incident Increasing Oppression People Proud Seen Subject Who Within Without

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One had sown the seeds of corruption, and the other watered and nurtured it. Both the TDP and Congress have played their bit in patronising Satyam.

~Chiranjeevi

Topics: Bit Both Congress Corruption Had Nurtured Other Played Seeds Sown

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I filed the ethics complaint against Tom DeLay not because I'm a Democrat and he's a Republican or even because he drew me out of my congressional seat but because he engaged in corruption to further his plans to disenfranchise voters in Texas.

~Chris Bell

Topics: Against Because Complaint Congressional Corruption Delay Democrat Drew Engaged Ethics Even Further He His Me Out Plans Republican Seat Texas Tom Voters

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Cap-and-trade is a dangerous policy fraught with the potential for significant corruption, and it would hurt my constituents and our economy by raising energy costs.

~Chris Gibson

Topics: Constituents Corruption Costs Dangerous Economy Energy Fraught Hurt Our Policy Potential Raising Significant Would

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New York has been embarrassed by corruption and lags behind in too many important categories. We can do better.

~Chris Gibson

Topics: Been Behind Better Categories Corruption Embarrassed Important Many New New York Too York

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