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Much of this was the work of “the father of the port,” Phineas Banning, an indefatigable Wilmington, Del., native who bestowed that town’s name on the one he founded here.

The Court has repeatedly insisted that it’s not really corrupt to bestow large amounts of money or gifts on political officials, and that influence and access schemes are not corrupt—they’re just how government works.

As Frederick Douglass once wrote of personal freedom, "...there can be no independence without a large share of self-dependence, and this virtue cannot be bestowed. It must be developed from within."

Sir Tom's philanthropic work saw him awarded the Carnegie Medal and he became a Knight Commander with Star of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, an honour bestowed by the Pope, in 1997.

Although he is approachable and a thoughtful, articulate interviewee, the 35-year-old prefers the quiet life to the one his sporting gifts have bestowed upon him.