The coalition, however corrupted, is still seen by many as representing moderation and stability.
In David Hume's Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, for example, Cleanthes employs an independent argument, "religion, however corrupted, is still better than no religion at all.
This province is still corrupt.
"Eleven years later, the Chinese government is still corrupt.
"This is 13 years after, and they are still corrupt over there," Mr. Pruett said.
This city is still corrupt, and our broken country earns its gold hauling dirty oil.
There are still corrupt, lazy, incompetent senior officers in the ranks, clinging to positions they've bought or traded for.
"The political system is still corrupt and rigged, and Andrew Cuomo is not only part of the broken system, he has made it worse," Teachout declared.
"If you have money and you give it to a corrupt person, that person is still corrupt," said Danang Widoyoko, a senior official of Indonesian Corruption Watch.
To scholars and some critics, the text of Ulysses was still "corrupt" from the tortuous process of the novel's gestation.
