"the subjects are corrupt because their rulers are corrupt; and rulers are corrupt because the scholars are corrupt. Were it not for corrupt judges and corrupt scholars, corruption among rulers would be rare for fear of their disapproval'This quotation is taken from Al-Ghazālī on the Lawful and the Unlawful [Book XIV of Iḥyā' 'ulūm al-Dīn]. Translated by Yusuf T. Delorenzo. (Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 2014, p. 231).
-Cited in David Decosimo, "An Umma of Accountability: Al-Ghazālī against Domination," Soundings: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Volume 98, Number 3, 2015, Penn State University Press, 260-288, p277). [also posted on author's page here]
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