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• The true gospel is radically exclusive. Jesus is not a way; He is the way, and all other ways are no way at all. If Christianity would only move one small step toward a more tolerant ecumenicalism and exchange the definite article the for the indefinite article a, the scandal would be over, and the world and Christianity could become friends. However, whenever this occurs, Christianity ceases to be Christianity, Christ is denied, and the world is without a Savior.

  Paul Washer

  Jesus, Moving, Way

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• An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.

  Edmund Burke

  Events, Statistics, Impossible

  Speech, 5 May 1789, in E. A. Bond (ed.) 'Speeches...in the Trial of Warren Hastings' (1859) vol. 2, p. 109

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• The media loves nothing more than when there is a racial scandal or something. Racism, bigotry, these are just such hot button issues, and the media loves it.

  John Rocker

  Media, Issues, Racism

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• Shouldn't homophobic politicians and anti-gay bullies be presumed to be gay until they get caught up in a straight sex scandal?

  Dan Savage

  Sex, Gay, Bully

  "Psssssst! Hey, You! You There, Reading Slog at Work on Monday Morning! Wanna See an Anti-Gay Republican Senator's Butthole? Sure Ya Do..." by Dan Savage, www.thestranger.com. August 29, 2011.

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• If you are going to walk with Jesus Christ, you are going to be opposed ... In our days, to be a true Christian is really to become a scandal.

  George Whitefield

  Christian, Spiritual, Jesus

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• My dear Arthur, I never talk scandal. I only talk gossip. What is the difference between scandal and gossip? Oh! Gossip is charming! History is merely gossip. But scandal is gossip made tedious by morality.

  Oscar Wilde

  Differences, Gossip, Morality

  Oscar Wilde (2007). “The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde”, p.518, Wordsworth Editions

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• In fighting scandal, the key is not to overreact.

  Dick Morris

  Fighting, Keys, Political

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• Priests, like all of us, are affected by culture. When the culture is sick, every element in it becomes infected. While it is no excuse for this scandal, it is no surprise that Boston, a seat of academic, political and cultural liberalism in America, lies at the center of the storm.

  Rick Santorum

  Lying, Boston, America

  "Fishers of Men". www.catholic.org.

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• I hate to tell you, but it's not always pretty up there on Capitol Hill and there have been other scandals as you know that have been more than simply naughty e-mails.

  Tony Snow

  Hate, Naughty, Mail

  "Foley's Lurid E-Mails". "American Morning" with Soledad O'Brien, edition.cnn.com. October 2, 2006.

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• Big business, for all its lobbying, is often put in line by investigative reporting, public scandals and multi-million-dollar judgments in court against those who put products on the market that are dangerous to their buyers.

  Stanley Crouch

  Business, Dollars, Lobbying

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• All one great big lie.

  Bernard Madoff

  Lying, Corruption, Bigs

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• I don't know how I could have been more explicit. I gave them a roadmap and a flashlight, but they didn't go where I told them to go, they didn't look where I told them to look, they didn't tell the people I told them to call.

  Harry Markopolos

  People, Looks, Corruption

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• The SEC now is 3500 chickens, and we need to get some foxes in there.

  Harry Markopolos

  Needs, Foxes, Corruption

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• Yet another hedge fund manager explained Icelandic banking to me this way: you have a dog, and I have a cat. We agree that each is worth a billion dollars. You sell me the dog for a billion, and I sell you the cat for a billion. Now we are no longer pet owners but Icelandic banks, with a billion dollars in new assets.

  Michael Lewis

  Dog, Cat, Pet

  "Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World". Book by Michael Lewis, 2011.

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• (Man,) the glory and the scandal of the universe.

  Blaise Pascal

  Men, Glory, Universe

  Blaise Pascal (1731). “Thoughts on Religion, and Other Curious Subjects: Written Originally in French”, p.162

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• It is impossible, except for theologians, to conceive of a world-wide scandal or a universe-wide scandal; the proof of this is the way people have settled down to living with nuclear fission, radiation poisoning, hydrogen bombs, satellites, and space rockets.

  Mary McCarthy

  Space, Hydrogen Bomb, People

  Mary McCarthy (1964). “The humanist in the bathtub”

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• We assume that politicians are without honor. We read their statements trying to crack the code. The scandals of their politics: not so much that men in high places lie, only that they do so with such indifference, so endlessly, still expecting to be believed. We are accustomed to the contempt inherent in the political lie.

  Adrienne Rich

  Lying, Men, Political

  Adrienne Cécile Rich (1977). “Women and honor: some notes on lying”

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• Induction is the glory of science and the scandal of philosophy.

  C. D. Broad

  Philosophy, Glory

  "The philosophy of Francis Bacon: An address delivered at Cambridge on the occasion of the Bacon tercentenary". Book by C. D. Broad, p. 67, October 5, 1926.

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• After a long investigation the SEC has fined Halliburton $7.5 million for issuing fraudulent statements exaggerating their profits in 1998 and 1999 during which their CEO was - oh who was it? Oh that's right. ... Cheney himself has not been implicated in the scandal and according to Cheney's lawyer there is no allegation whatsoever that he acted in any way other than in the best interests of the company and its shareholders. And you know what? It's still true today.

  Jon Stewart

  Long, Today, Way

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• Scandal often does as much harm to the listeners as to those who devise it, even if it were to do no other harm than disturb the mind, as it does, and give rise to temptations to speak or write about it to others.

  Vincent de Paul

  Wisdom, Writing, Giving

  Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1992). “Correspondence, conferences, documents”, New City Pr

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• It is no exaggeration to say that since the 1980s, much of the global financial sector has become criminalised, creating an industry culture that tolerates or even encourages systematic fraud. The behaviour that caused the mortgage bubble and financial crisis of 2008 was a natural outcome and continuation of this pattern, rather than some kind of economic accident.

  Charles Ferguson

  Creating, Culture, Behaviour

  "Heist of the century: Wall Street's role in the financial crisis". www.theguardian.com. May 20, 2012.

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• I grew up being the girl who would always tune in to watch famous people talk about their careers, how they handled scandals and mega fame. I'm trying to pick up tips.

  Rebecca Black

  Girl, Careers, People

  "Rebecca Black Was Profiled By New York Magazine. Yes, I’m Serious" by Brett Michael Dykes, uproxx.com. September 26, 2011.

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• The business pages of American newspapers should not read like a scandal sheet.

  George W. Bush

  Pages, Corruption, Newspapers

  "The sins of the CEOs". "The Religion Report" with Stephen Crittenden, www.abc.net.au. August 7, 2002.

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• I have ... spoken to the heads of various Wall Street equity derivatives trading desks and every single one of the senior managers I spoke with told me that Bernie Madoff was a fraud. Of course no one wants to take an undue career risk by sticking their head up ... The fewer people who know who wrote this report the better. I am worried about the personal safety of myself and my family.

  Harry Markopolos

  Senior, Wall, Careers

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• The French were mystified about the Watergate scandal.

  Pierre Salinger

  Watergate

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