"There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than through the corruption of language"
Corruption quotes
220 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Browse quotes that often appear alongside corruption — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"The corruption of the best things gives rise to the worst."
"A bad forgery's the ultimate insult."
"Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions."
"Corruption is not a Canadian value!"
"Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it."
"The science only perpetuates the vicious cycle of cronyism, power-mongering, influence peddling, corruption, bureaucracy, all of that."
"The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted."
"Let's fight against corruption for a better India"
"If parasitism, favoritism, corruption, and greed for the unearned did not exist, a mixed economy would bring them into existence."
"If ever this vast country is brought under a single government, it will be one of the most extensive corruption."
"Everything is in a state of metamorphosis. Thou thyself art in everlasting change and in corruption to correspond; so is the whole universe."
"PACs corrupt the system. They handle vast amounts of money and the money corrupts."
"Corruption wins not more than honesty."
"Loathsome canker lives in sweetest bud."
"The affectation of some late authors to introduce and multiply cant words is the most ruinous corruption in any language."
"All institutions are prone to corruption and to the vices of their members."
"Realism is a corruption of reality."
"He who is extravagant will quickly become poor; and poverty will enforce dependence, and invite corruption."
"Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt."
"He that accuses all mankind of corruption ought to remember that he is sure to convict only one."