Word: corruptible
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Blaine, he went to Chicago avowedly to oppose that gentleman's methods and personality, and as the champion of reform and pure government. When he was defeated, he turned to the right about, and supported zealously the very man he had been describing the day before as unprincipled and corrupt. I am sorry that Mr. Lodge could have given us no other advice than that the doctrine of expediency should be our rule of life, and that the devil should always be fought with fire. If Mr. Lodge will read the history of the Anti-Slavery contest, which...
...Greeks? 19. Should the Roman Empire be regarded as having, on the whole, obstructed or furthered the development of nationalities? 20. Was Adams right in sending an ambassador to France in 1798? 21. Ought the United States to have gone to war in 1812? 22. Did Clay make a corrupt bargain with Adams in 1824-25? 23. Was the compromise of 1850 necessary for the salvation of the Union? 24. Has the House of Representatives the full power intended by the Constitution over revenue bills? 25. Is the existence of parties necessary to good government? 26. Was it right...
...about the rule of the many by the comparatively poor. The pressure on these men from capitalists in all financial matters is very great. The financial committee is composed largely of business men, always ready to in crease their bank accounts. The only way to remedy this evil of corrupt legislation is by narrowing financial legislation as much as possible...
...felt on the side of justice and honor which lack sadly now-a-days the support of educated men. Now and then a young graduate rises above the superb indifference that is the accepted type of the Harvard man today, and puts his shoulder to the wheel and blocks corrupt legislation as at Albany, or makes a ringing crusade as The "Nation" and is generously rewarded with the praise of all collegians. The worst of it all is so many men who could take an honorable place in politics or in diplomatic circles are content to applaud rather than prove...
...bill to prevent corrupt practices at elections has passed its second reading in the British House of Commons...