{"id":11243,"date":"2011-12-08T16:47:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T16:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/thoughts-on-corruption\/"},"modified":"2018-06-13T18:02:38","modified_gmt":"2018-06-13T12:32:38","slug":"thoughts-on-corruption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dwarkaparichay.com\/blog\/thoughts-on-corruption\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on CORRUPTION&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<b>Still thinking something else&#8230;<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Your JUDGE is inside&#8230;<\/b>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div closure_uid_1ug16n=\"895\" closure_uid_fgjnhn=\"880\">\n<div closure_uid_wjx48e=\"880\">\nCorruption is hydra headed. Its heads are bribery, exploitative profit, vested interest, naked selfish desires, hypocrisy in the form of false promises, pride, false ego and calumny. <strong>Vedas<\/strong><\/div>\n<div closure_uid_wjx48e=\"880\">\n<strong><\/strong><br \/>Tamasic guna of passivity, dullness, idleness become the cause of corrupting the individuals and the society. <strong>Bhagavad Gita<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of righteous. <strong>Holy Bible<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A man who resorts to corruption is a faithless person to his family, friends, society and government. <strong>Holy Koran<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dishonesty or corruption in business or the uttering of lies, causes inner sorrow. <strong>Grantha Sahib<\/strong> <\/div>\n<div closure_uid_1ug16n=\"912\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div closure_uid_fgjnhn=\"882\">\n<div closure_uid_1ug16n=\"881\">\nCorruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country. &#8211;&nbsp;<b>Karl Kraus<\/b> <br \/>\n<b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div closure_uid_1ug16n=\"881\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div closure_uid_fgjnhn=\"882\">\n<div closure_uid_wjx48e=\"885\">\n<div closure_uid_6g9ukf=\"872\">\n&#8220;Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.&#8221; &#8211; <strong>George Bernard Shaw<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div closure_uid_wjx48e=\"889\">\nCorruption, the greatest single bane of our society today. &#8211; <strong>Olusegun Obasanjo<\/strong> <\/div>\n<div closure_uid_wjx48e=\"890\">\n<\/div>\n<div closure_uid_wjx48e=\"891\">\nCorruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty. &#8211;<strong>Edward Gibbon<\/strong> <\/div>\n<div closure_uid_wjx48e=\"892\">\n<\/div>\n<div closure_uid_wjx48e=\"893\">\n&#8220;Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts&#8230; perhaps the fear of a loss of power.&#8221;&nbsp;&#8211; <strong>John Steinbeck<\/strong><\/div>\n<div closure_uid_wjx48e=\"894\">\n&#8220;To oppose corruption in government is the highest obligation of patriotism.&#8221;&nbsp;&#8211; <strong>G. Edward Griffin<\/strong><\/div>\n<div closure_uid_wjx48e=\"895\">\n<\/div>\n<div closure_uid_wjx48e=\"896\">\nMoney and corruption are ruining the land, crooked politicians betray the working man, pocketing the profits and treating us like sheep, and we&#8217;re tired of hearing promises that we know they&#8217;ll never keep. &#8211; <strong>Ray Davies<\/strong> <\/div>\n<div closure_uid_6g9ukf=\"890\">\n<\/div>\n<div closure_uid_wjx48e=\"897\">\n&#8220;If corruption had already taken root, then good seeds must be preserved.&#8221;&nbsp;&#8211; <strong>Toba Beta<\/strong> <\/div>\n<div closure_uid_wjx48e=\"898\">\nThe duty of youth is to challenge corruption. &#8211; <strong>Kurt Cobain<\/strong> <\/div>\n<div closure_uid_wjx48e=\"899\">\n<\/div>\n<div closure_uid_wjx48e=\"900\">\nThe first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means. &#8211; <strong>Georges Bernanos<\/strong> <\/div>\n<div closure_uid_wjx48e=\"901\">\n<\/div>\n<div closure_uid_wjx48e=\"902\">\nTherefore, until the day I die, I am going to do what I can, regardless of the cost to me, to try to stop this awful corruption that is destroying our beloved democracy. &#8211; <strong>John Jay Hooker<\/strong> <\/div>\n<div closure_uid_wjx48e=\"904\">\n<\/div>\n<div closure_uid_wjx48e=\"905\">\nWhat people fail to appreciate is that the currency of corruption in elective office is, not money, but votes. &#8211; <strong>James L. Buckley<\/strong> <\/div>\n<div closure_uid_wjx48e=\"906\">\n<\/div>\n<div closure_uid_wjx48e=\"907\">\nWhat saddens me is the corruption of youth and beauty, and the loss of soul, which is only replaced by money. &#8211; <strong>Lisa Bonet<\/strong> <br \/>\n<strong><br \/><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Note: Please submit &amp; forward the petition&nbsp;<\/strong><br \/>\n<b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Still thinking something else&#8230; Your JUDGE is inside&#8230;&nbsp; Corruption is hydra headed. Its heads are bribery, exploitative profit, vested interest, naked selfish desires, hypocrisy in the form of false promises, pride, false ego and calumny. Vedas Tamasic guna of passivity, dullness, idleness become the cause of corrupting the individuals and the society. Bhagavad Gita Bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of righteous. 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