Sentence examples for sin of corruption from inspiring English sources

He is burdened with the "original sin" of corruption that mints so many tainted fortunes in China.

The idea had been to restore democracy after three years of military rule without bringing back the habitual sins of corruption, political vendettas, masochistic economic policies and clashes between civilian and military authorities, which often ended with the army taking over.

Frank Sinatra was one of Hollywood's greatest seducers, but his sins of sexual corruption are mostly forgiven him, as they're forgiven those of his successor, Warren Beatty.

Many other rumors called outrageously false by the government have dwelt on the sins of officials: corruption, venality and sexual escapades.

"They're Jeremiahs, talking about purging the Republic of sin and corruption," said David M. Kennedy, a Stanford University history professor and the author of "Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945" (Oxford University), which won the Pulitzer Prize for history this year.

Buoyed first by Christianity and later by Marxism, the poor enjoyed a moral status as elevated as their social rank was low, de Botton argues, while the affluent were compelled to pursue their pleasures under the stigmas of sin and corruption.

Now convinced that "paper wealth" isn't just an abstraction, they conclude that it must be the product of sin and corruption.

In the protest marches that have become a regular feature of Argentine life in the last two months, the slogan repeated over and over again is, "Throw them all out!" While patronage jobs are merely "a venial sin of politics," Mr. Fraga said, "for ordinary people they are a mortal sin, the most grave form of corruption.

"If your heart is full of corruption or sin or immorality -- in this case, homosexuality -- then you should be discriminated against," Klingenschmitt argued on an installment of his "Pray In Jesus Name" show this week, according to Right Wing Watch.

The connection of sex, sin and corruption has long plagued the Catholic Church as an institution.

Regarding the article "Niger suspended by regional bloc" (Oct . 20: Africa's political institutions are justifiably lambasted for a variety of sins, including corruption and cowardice.