Corruption appears to be a universal phenomenon that lays its own imperious claims on the world, and therefore it is the duty of all nations to prepa…

- Robert Payne

A nation's wealth is too serious a matter to be left to the wealthy. The riches of a nation belong to all, to be shared among all for the general wel…

- Robert Payne

Historically the first philosopher to enquire deeply into the nature of corruption in society was Ibn Khaldun (1322-1406), whose wandering life was l…

- Robert Payne

Corrupt men are always liars. Lies are their instruments, their pleasure, their solace. In time they come to believe their lies, or rather to half-be…

- Robert Payne

The small Hitlers are around us every day.

- Robert Payne

It is precisely when we help one another that we gain our victories over corruption, but the victory is assured only when we help one another with al…

- Robert Payne

Fragmentation occurs when a civilization is in decline.

- Robert Payne

Naked power has its limitations, since power is a generator of corruption and corruption in its turn tends to dilute the effectiveness of power.

- Robert Payne

The second corruption of the state is oligarchy (oligos = few), in which the military elite is narrowed down to a few ruling families of immense weal…

- Robert Payne