On the recordJanuary 1, 1791
When extraordinary power and extraordinary pay are allotted to any individual in a government, he becomes the center, round which every kind of corruption generates and forms.
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Thomas Paine
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Paine warns that granting excessive power and remuneration to individuals in government inevitably leads to widespread corruption.
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