Aquino flagship commitment: No graft and corruption VIEWPOINTS Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz 06/20/2010

Aquino flagship commitment: No graft and corruption

VIEWPOINTS Archbishop Oscar V. Cruz 06/20/2010 Wonderful, yet no choice really. Great, but quite difficult. Right and in good order. These are the more relevant and practical responses to the not simply comforting but also inspiring and edifying Aquino flagship commitment: No to graft and corruption! Away with dishonesty and thievery! Let justice reign. Take the straight road, avoid the crooked path! And there is no option, really. No nation could grow both in its economic standing and value system when placed in the grip of a graft ridden and corrupt government. In the same way, no people can really be free and independent when ruled by public officials who have become experts in graft and corruption. Banditry and thievery constitute a formidable pairing in bringing about social injustice and disorder. The vice of greed is a big curse not only for the victims thereof but also for the greedy themselves. It is a painful malediction of the victims of greed because they have but very little, but even this snatched away from them — leaving these in poverty and misery.  But it is a special damnation of the greedy whereas while already having too much, they feel still salivating and craving for more — and more, and even more. This is just like someone who is already overfed and still feels terribly hungry. One thing is infallibly certain: Just as no one lives on bread alone, no one too lives forever.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20100620com7.html

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