Mary Frances Berry
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“When you have police officers who abuse citizens, you erode public confidence in law enforcement. That makes the job of good police officers unsafe”
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“Some men have thousands of reasons why they cannot do
what they want to, when all they need is one reason why
they can.”
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what they want to, when all they need is one reason why
they can.”
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“Public disinterest in punishing illegal vote buying means that local prosecutors rarely pursue charges against their fellow elected colleagues....Yet the inclination no matter how small, to blame the most vulnerable citizens for fraud is misdirected.....Any outrage over fraud should be reserved for the candidates who buy their votes, neglect the issues that concern the poor, and studiously refuse to implement policies that could help them.”
― Five Dollars and a Pork Chop Sandwich: Vote Buying and the Corruption of Democracy
― Five Dollars and a Pork Chop Sandwich: Vote Buying and the Corruption of Democracy
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