Al Stewart Quotes
Looking so cool, his greed is hard to conceal, he's fresh out of law school, you gave him a license to steal.
Stewart, Al. "License to Steal." Last Days of the Century, Enigma Records, 1988.
Corruption was rife in the Congo before the French or Belgians ever arrived there. However, it is the case that French business and diplomatic culture is much more tolerant of third world corruption than most other industrial democracies and actively engage in bribery efforts to a degree that other nations do not.
At the turn of the century, there was a moral norm in much of the country that buying and stealing votes in elections were not moral transgressions and was acceptable in the heat of political contests.
Henry Wheeler Shaw 1818-1885
When Britain and America invaded Iraq and toppled the Saddam government, massive looting broke out. Britain and America were criticized by some for not protecting museums, government buildings and other targets of the looters, blaming the coalition for not maintaining law and order. Kilroy-Silk and others disagreed and blamed the looters primarily.
He urged moderation for his officials, but stole huge amounts for himself.
Critics ask, “If legal authorities are so corrupted by making others suffer, why do they continue to do it, and why so much official corruption? Mises never provided an answer to this dilemma.
President’s did not have then the kinds of staff resources that they would get later. Roosevelt had friends and professional relationships with journalists, military men, business men and others whom he used for staff work and advice. Franklin Delano Roosevelt also used this technique extensively.
Alastair Ian Stewart is a Scottish singer-songwriter and folk-rock musician who rose to prominence as part of the British folk revival in the 1960s and 1970s. He developed a unique style of combining folk-rock songs with delicately woven tales of characters and events from history.
