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“The more corrupt a society, the more numerous its laws.”
— Edward Abbey, A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto) (1990).
“I have nothing against the smell of rot but something against what hides the smell of rot in the United States of America.”
— Giannina Braschi, "United States of Banana," (2011).
“History shows that, at earlier stages of economic development, corruption is difficult to control. The fact that today no country that is very poor is very clean suggests that a country has to rise above absolute poverty before it can significantly reduce venality in the system.”
— Ha-Joon Chang, in Bad Samaritans (2008), Ch. 8: Zaire vs Indonesia, Should we turn our backs on corrupt and undemocratic countries?, Prosperity and honesty, p. 151
“As the world changes, the forms of corruption also gradually become more cunning, more difficult to point out - but they certainly do not become better.”
— Søren Kierkegaard, Works of Love (1847), as translated by Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong (1995), p. 76
“Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges.”
— Translation: The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.
“The men with the muck-rake are often indispensable to the well-being of society, but only if they know when to stop raking the muck.”
— Theodore Roosevelt, address at the Corner-stone laying of the Office Building of House of Representatives (April 14, 1906).

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