Maetta

“corruption begets corruption.” He heard the bitterness he felt very clearly in his voice. “That’s what I hate about it most, the contagion of it. Men who could have been good become tainted, and the more of it there is the harder it is to survive without being touched by it. If you give people power, sooner or later they are tempted to abuse it. It takes a very strong man not to, a man wise enough to see its price, brave enough to go against the tide, and he can pay dearly for it.” Narraway”
― Anne Perry, Long Spoon Lane

“Face it, any culture that kills its children isn't looking at the long view.”
― John Darnton

“Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.”
― Voltaire

“No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.”
― Alice Walker