I'm for moral blackmail when it comes to putting away…

“Either you want to try and blackmail me or you're hitting on me. Which is it?”

— Melanie Tushmore

Lobbying' is the activity of attempting to influence legislation by privately influencing the legislators. It is the result and creation of a mixed economy-of…

— Ayn Rand

“I’m afraid I don’t suffer petty bureaucrats gladly. A very bad habit, but one I find hard to break. Nevertheless, you will find, Dr.…

— Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child

“He is a brilliant man, said Miss Doggett. She helped him a good deal in his work, I think. Mrs. Bonner says that she…

— Barbara Pym

Being nice to people gets you nowhere. Being arrogant gets you nowhere. Blackmail, now that's a thing that will get you everywhere.

— Anonymous

“The bonds of friendship dwindle with age, Oliver. But a little blackmail lasts forever.”

— Stephen Hunt

“You don’t get to say it’s not a big thing. This is a big fucking thing, okay? This was supposed to be—this is mine.…

— Becky Albertalli

I'm constantly lying to my dog. He only responds to manipulation and blackmail.

— Riley Keough

If the minority is able to successfully undo the Affordable Care Act by blackmail, it will be the undoing of the democratic nature of…

— Jerrold Nadler

“Ah, shit. She’s been crying. This is not good. I swear to God, a girl crying is fucking blackmail. It just makes you feel…

— J.C. McClean

Neither the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina nor the international community will accept such blackmail.

— Wolfgang Petritsch

Russia has shown it's not above the temptation of using some bargaining power or blackmail. It shows that if there is a way to…

— Daniel Gros

You know, it's hard to say this, but I suspect that Obama is afraid either of blackmail potential or even worse. And he has…

— Ray McGovern

“When that bastard calls back, you tell him he’s won this round. I’ll marry him. But I don’t take well to being blackmailed, and…

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

The police had a practice of entrapping people. This was done all over the country, but we had a particularly vicious group here in…

— Harry Hay