"Do not think that you can fight corruption without while you let corruption fester within."

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Source : Lyman Abbott (1899). “The Life that Really is”

Lyman Abbott

#Fighting Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Corruption Quotes

“We pave the sunlit path toward justice together, brick by brick. This is my brick.”
“It's very easy for me to laugh at myself and laugh at life.”
“I have more questions than answers in this world as do most poets and writers. The field of memory we exist in is absolutely encompassing and is both a question and answer. It is memory that provides the heart with impetus, fuels the brain, and propels the corn plant from seed to fruit.”
“Fame is something I think happens as a result of trying to do good work. If you're trying to be famous, your work usually suffers.”
“Political leaders, lacking documents that could be kept secret (apart from the occasional exception), lacking media they could control, were of necessity brought into a direct and immediate relationship with their constituents, and therefore under more and direct and immediate control.”

Source : "Democracy Ancient And Modern". Book by Moses Finley (Second Edition). Chapter 1, Leaders and Followers, p. 18, 1985.
“Not a word passes between us, not because we have nothing to say, but because we don't have to say anything”

Source : Khaled Hosseini (2004). “The Kite Runner”, p.98, Penguin
“When anybody says, 'Why me?' Why is 'me' exempt?”
“Collect stimulus, draw them. Focus, find out as much as you can. Stimulate yourself.”

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