Pierre Stephen Robert Payne
Pierre Stephen Robert Payne
Pierre Stephen Robert Payne was an English-born author, known principally for works of biography and history, although he also wrote novels, poetry, magazine articles and many other works. After working in Singapore and China, he moved to the United States in 1946 and became a professor of English literature. From 1954 onwards he lived as a writer in New York.
"Corruption appears to be a universal phenomenon that lays its own imperious claims on the world, and therefore it is the duty of all nations to prepare themselves against its onslaught by taking proper precautions."
"A culture is not only the language and the arts of a people. It is all their history, all their hopes for the future."
"Historically the first philosopher to enquire deeply into the nature of corruption in society was Ibn Khaldun (1322-1406), whose wandering life was largely spent in the northern littoral of Africa at a time when kingdoms and sultanates were crumbling."
"Uncorrupted man, with Gods blessing, advances across the fields of the universe as though he were walking down a country lane."
"A nations wealth is too serious a matter to be left to the wealthy. The riches of a nation belong to all, to be shared among all for the general welfare."
"At the heart of the mystery of corruption lies the desire of one man to impose his will on others to the largest possible extent."
