Corrupt Purposes of Leaders
Many criticisms focus on the purposes of the leaders of the religions, rather than on the religious doctrines.
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Famous quotes containing the words corrupt, purposes and/or leaders:
“Beware of too much good staying in your hand. It will fast corrupt and worm worms. Pay it away quickly in some sort.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“O, I am smitten with a hatchet’s jaw;
And that in deed and not in word alone.
chorus: I thought I heard a sound within the house
Unlike the voice of one that jumps for joy.
He splits my skull, not in a friendly way,
Once more: he purposes to kill me dead”
—A.E. (Alfred Edward)
“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.”
—John Kenneth Galbraith (b. 1908)