Lobbying' is the activity of attempting to influence legislation by privately influencing the legislators. It is the result and creation of a… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
To give money to a sufferer is only a come-off. It is only a postponement of the real payment, a bribe paid… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I think if people give you their time and they haven't got any money then they deserve to get something. Not so… — Nick Broomfield Copy Share Image
The enemy's spies who have come to spy on us must be sought out, tempted with bribes, led away and comfortably housed.… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
I usually accept bribes from both sides so that tainted money can never influence my decision. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
How is a magician to exist without books? Let someone explain that to me. It is like asking a politician to achieve… — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
What I’m talking about is more than recompense for past injustices—more than a handout, a payoff, hush money, or a reluctant bribe.… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
There's a property in Panama where Trump has collected somewhere around $30 million just from selling his name to this property -… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
There are not many companies in China that dare to say in public, 'We don't offer bribes', or companies that operate only… — Wang Jianlin Copy Share Image
The median family of four ... paid $4,722 in federal taxes last year. That's enough to pay for a new curtain for… — Alan Bock Copy Share Image
Many companies believe incentives, financial incentives, are the answer to every problem or issue. But people are motivated by much more than… — Jeffrey Pfeffer Copy Share Image
When I go to hell, I mean to carry a bribe: for look you, good gifts evermore make way for the worst… — John Webster Copy Share Image
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'… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
American Hustle shows the FBI making real-life bribes to Washington politicians. I know, because as your U.S. senator, I turned them down. — Larry Pressler Copy Share Image
“By reason of gifts and bribes the offices be given to rich men, which should rather have been executed by wise men.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Japan has a low crime rate, unless you count the fact that approximately every fifteen minutes the entire Cabinet gets indicted for… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
As Brooks Adams put it, the sole problem of our ruling class is whether to coerce or to bribe the powerless majority. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Reasons why members of Congress deserve a pay raise: Many big corporations are cutting back on bribes; nearly half the members have… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
Regulation - which is based on force and fear - undermines the moral base of business dealings. It becomes cheaper to bribe… — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
