There is no distinctly American criminal class – except Congress.
Great wealth took possession of the government. It was reflected in Mr. Harding’s selection of a cabinet.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
Whoever battles with monsters had better see that it does not turn him into a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.
It’s rather naive, apart from being ethically objectionable, to assume that our investigators travel around the country with bags of money trying to bribe witnesses to lie on the witness stand. We just don’t operate that way.
Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.
When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale.
Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts.
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