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Corruption is like cancer; it eats away at the nation's soul.
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The comparison to cancer presents corruption as a destructive force that gradually weakens a nation from within. “Eats away at the nation’s soul” means corruption damages the country’s moral character and shared sense of right and wrong, not merely its laws or institutions.
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