The first associations that come to my mind after hearing the word corruption are government officials and bribes. But, of course, it is not the only sense of this word. Corruption also means immorality, dishonesty and decay. When I pronounce the word I am trying to feel how it "tastes". To me it sounds a little bit rough, but probably it is because of the double ''rr'' and it has nothing to do with the sense of the word. But I still cannot get rid of the feeling that the sense of this word is negative.
             The word honesty, on the contrary, sounds positive, sounds "right". Honesty is a principle that people always tried to keep to, at least in the past. People had to observe that principle, because if they didn't they simply become ignored, despised by the rest of society. Now it is unlikely that all the people keep to that simple principle – to be honest.
             Most of the people stand before the choice – poverty or riches, honesty or corruption. And the choice is hard, difficult. I think that the first step into slippery ground is not doing something bad or illegal, but even thinking about it. This is where all the temptations begin. When a person starts to doubt what is good and what is wrong, he starts to think that it is possible to find a way how to avoid pricks of conscience, and than he will definitely come to a decision that he can do something bad without any retribution.
             I believe that when people for the first time decide to take a bribe or do something else of that kind, they do it not for the sake of profit but because they need money to support their families. They realize that it is wrong but they find no other easier way to get money. It is for sure that there are people whose main purpose is easy money, which they need not because they are in desperate need. It is hard to refuse from the temptation to earn easy money, especially when you know that no one,
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