# Corruption in American politics and life

Author: Brooks, Robert C. (Robert Clarkson), 1874-1941

Genre: Category: History - American

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72328

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Corruption+in+American+politics+and+life+Brooks&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Corruption is repulsive. It deserves the scorn and hatred which all straightforward men feel for it and which nearly all writers on the subject have expressed. Conviction of its vileness is the first step toward better things. Yet there is more than a possibility that the feeling of repugnance which corrupt practices inspire may interfere with our clearness of vision, may cloud our conception of the work before us, may even in some cases lead to misrepresentation—which is misrepresentation still although designed to aid in virtue’s cause. Fighting the devil with fire is evidence of a true militant spirit, yet one may doubt the wisdom of meeting an adversary in that adversary’s own element...

## Chapters

- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/corruption-in-american-politics-and-life-72328/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/corruption-in-american-politics-and-life-72328/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/corruption-in-american-politics-and-life-72328/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/corruption-in-american-politics-and-life-72328/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/corruption-in-american-politics-and-life-72328/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/corruption-in-american-politics-and-life-72328/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/corruption-in-american-politics-and-life-72328/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/corruption-in-american-politics-and-life-72328/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/corruption-in-american-politics-and-life-72328/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/corruption-in-american-politics-and-life-72328/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/corruption-in-american-politics-and-life-72328/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/corruption-in-american-politics-and-life-72328/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/corruption-in-american-politics-and-life-72328/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/corruption-in-american-politics-and-life-72328/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/corruption-in-american-politics-and-life-72328/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/corruption-in-american-politics-and-life-72328/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/corruption-in-american-politics-and-life-72328/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/corruption-in-american-politics-and-life-72328/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/corruption-in-american-politics-and-life-72328/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/corruption-in-american-politics-and-life-72328/chapters/20/index.md)