A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
腐败
Corrupt
The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws.
国家越腐败，法律就越多。
When the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
当国家最腐败时，法律就会成倍增加。
I have never intimidated the masses... I only intimidate corrupt officials.
我从来没有恐吓过大众……我只吓唬贪官污吏。
Women work harder. And women are more honest; they have less reasons to be corrupt.
女人工作的更勤奋些。女性更诚实;他们没有那么多理由腐败。
Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.
那些败坏公众思想的人就像那些从公众钱包里偷东西的人一样邪恶。
Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.
权力不会腐化人;然而，愚蠢的人，如果他们进入了一个权力的位置，腐败的权力。
Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but be corrupt.
如果个人美德的根病了，公共廉洁的果实就必然腐败。
Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it; and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins.
无限的权力容易腐蚀拥有它的人的思想;诸位大人，我知道，法律的终点就是暴政的起点。
Its easy to view politicians as corrupt and voting essentially an act of picking the lesser of two evils. I understand that perspective and feel it's valid.
人们很容易认为政客腐败，投票实质上是两害相权取其轻。我理解这种观点，觉得它是正确的。
Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt.
怀疑对美德的危害不亚于对幸福的危害;已经腐败的人天生多疑，而变得多疑的人很快就会腐败。
They call me corrupt, frivolous. I am not at all privileged. Maybe the only privileged thing is my face. And corrupt? God! I would not look like this if I am corrupt. Some ugliness would settle down on my system.
他们说我腐败、轻浮。我没有任何特权。也许唯一的特权就是我的脸。和腐败?上帝!如果我腐败的话，我就不会是这个样子。一些丑陋的东西会落在我的身上。