“When people treat corruption as a routine part of the process, you have something far worse than wrongdoing or moral failing. You have…”

from Douglas Moore’s blog Art of Quotation

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“When people treat corruption as a routine part of the process, you have something far worse than wrongdoing or moral failing. You have a political cancer that breeds cynicism about democratic government and infects all of society.”

Edward Brooke, 1919-2015, former Republican US Senator


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eyes moon clouds

I stand
on my terrace
gazing up
at the moon
4 am
Izmir time
miles upon miles
from your eyes
gazing up
at the same moon
there perhaps
our faces reflected
on its surface
eyes meet
one time more
before clouds
drift across
our gaze