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Robert Payne quotes: ... perhaps vulgarity is the price one pays for possessing no civilisation of one's own.

... perhaps vulgarity is the price one pays for possessing no civilisation of one's own.

Robert Payne quotes: Throughout the history of Christianity, there had been a core of belief that man was not doomed to be everlastingly corrupt.

Throughout the history of Christianity, there had been a core of belief that man was not doomed to be everlastingly corrupt.

Robert Payne quotes: 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.

Robert Payne quotes: The corrupt, when found out, become especially good moralists.

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

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

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 quotes: The corrupt man is nearly always rootless, deeply aware of his rootlessness.

The corrupt man is nearly always rootless, deeply aware of his rootlessness.

Robert Payne quotes: Long before the empire had reached its greatest extent, the Romans were bored by it.

Long before the empire had reached its greatest extent, the Romans were bored by it.

Robert Payne quotes: A culture is not only the language and the arts of a people. It is all their history, all their hopes for the future.

A culture is not only the language and the arts of a people. It is all their history, all their hopes for the future.

Robert Payne quotes: 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.

Robert Payne quotes: 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.

Robert Payne quotes: The small Hitlers are around us every day.

The small Hitlers are around us every day.

Robert Payne quotes: At the heart of the mystery of corruption lies the desire of one man to impose his will on others to the largest possible extent.

At the heart of the mystery of corruption lies the desire of one man to impose his will on others to the largest possible extent.

Robert Payne quotes: A totalitarian dictatorship cannot explain; it can only suppress.

A totalitarian dictatorship cannot explain; it can only suppress.

Robert Payne quotes: Fragmentation occurs when a civilization is in decline.

Fragmentation occurs when a civilization is in decline.

Robert Payne quotes: For domination has nothing whatsoever to do with good government, and power as an end in itself destroys good government.

For domination has nothing whatsoever to do with good government, and power as an end in itself destroys good government.

Robert Payne quotes: Nietzsche's accomplishment is that he permits us to see corruption from the inside.

Nietzsche's accomplishment is that he permits us to see corruption from the inside.

Robert Payne quotes: It is almost a general rule that nations do not decline gradually. Instead they fall abruptly from their greatest heights.

It is almost a general rule that nations do not decline gradually. Instead they fall abruptly from their greatest heights.