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Robert Payne Quotes: Sometimes societies die and putrefy long before they are pronounced dead, and sometimes men die of corruption long before they have taken to their deathbeds.
         

Sometimes societies die and putrefy long before they are pronounced dead, and sometimes men die of corruption long before they have taken to their deathbeds.


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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-believe them.

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-believe them.



Fragmentation occurs when a civilization is in decline.

Fragmentation occurs when a civilization is in decline.



Uncorrupted man, with God's blessing, advances across the fields of the universe as though he were walking down a country lane.

Uncorrupted man, with God's blessing, advances across the fields of the universe as though he were walking down a country lane.



The United States is dangerously close to being a plutocracy. A third of the private wealth is owned by less than 5 percent of the population.

The United States is dangerously close to being a plutocracy. A third of the private wealth is owned by less than 5 percent of the population.



The small Hitlers are around us every day.

The small Hitlers are around us every day.



All is forgiven to kings and popes. History grants them immunity, even a full pardon, even when they admit their crimes and glory in them.

All is forgiven to kings and popes. History grants them immunity, even a full pardon, even when they admit their crimes and glory in them.



It is no more rational to have lawyers in positions of power than it would be to have garbage collectors in positions of power. And in human terms garbage collectors would be preferable.

It is no more rational to have lawyers in positions of power than it would be to have garbage collectors in positions of power. And in human terms garbage collectors would be preferable.



Conquest, tyranny, treachery, and the clash of cultures bring about corrupt societies, and so does old age. Sometimes the five faces of corruption are visible at the same time.

Conquest, tyranny, treachery, and the clash of cultures bring about corrupt societies, and so does old age. Sometimes the five faces of corruption are visible at the same time.



The corrupt, when found out, become especially good moralists.

The corrupt, when found out, become especially good moralists.



A totalitarian dictatorship cannot explain; it can only suppress.

A totalitarian dictatorship cannot explain; it can only suppress.





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