Honesty stands at the gate and knocks, and bribery enters…

In the last few years, the very idea of telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is dredged up only…

— Michael Musto

If a politician takes a bribe to do what he thinks would have been best for the public anyway, he still goes to jail.…

— George T. Conway III

Petitions, not sweetened with gold, are but unsavory and oft refused; or, if received, are pocketed, not read.

— Philip Massinger

To the goats, all people are equal, except for those who have treats.

— Karin Tidbeck

A government with all this mass of favours to give or to withhold, however free in name, wields a power of bribery scarcely surpassed…

— Anonymous

“You have fallen badly, señor gringo. Bribery is a very serious crime in this country. You will have to pay.”

— Anonymous

Laws are a fine thing on paper, but painful when no bribery can ease their bind.

— Paolo Bacigalupi

We meant to temporarily disable her," Ian said. "Just a drop. But Natalie slipped during air turbulence. Before we could warn your nose-ringed nanny,…

— Peter Lerangis

Tis gold Which buys admittance--oft it doth--yea, and makes Diana's rangers false themselves, yield up This deer to th' stand o' th' stealer: and…

— William Shakespeare

“Bribery quickly became an integral part of the Russian way of doing business, and the expense of buying a government official was considered the…

— David Satter

Rather than let their product compete fully and fairly in the marketplace, FalconStor resorted to bribery and graft to win important contracts in a…

— Loretta Lynch

It was the BJP that betrayed me when one of its members made the Rs 150-crore bribery allegation against me without evidence.

— H. D. Kumaraswamy

They have seized upon the government by bribery and corruption. They have made speculation and public robbery a science. They have loaded the nation,…

— Denis Kearney

“What did “good government” really mean? Langlie and his brotherhood promised an end to political corruption. (There’s no evidence that Langlie ever even took…

— Jeff Sharlet

“Ah, bribery." He grinned at his niece. "is there anything it can't do?”

— Gina Damico