“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
“If lawmakers in nations today refused to be bribed and be corrupted by some larger-than-life leaders, the people will be less insulted… — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
There is a fine line in the Third World between half a dozen customs officials waiting for you to offer them a… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The core of the concept of a bribe is an inducement improperly influencing the performance of a public function meant to be… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
It is to be remedied that the false traitors will suffer no man to come into the king's presence for no cause… — Jack Cade 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
You cannot hope to bribe or twist, thank God! The British journalist. But seeing what the man will do unbribed, there's no… — Humbert Wolfe Copy Share Image
I and others on FIFA executive committee agreed to accept bribes in conjunction with selection of South Africa as host nation. — Bryan Swanson Copy Share Image
The humanitarian developers behind World of Warcraft have also discovered a way to bribe gamers into turning off their computers and going… — Clive Thompson Copy Share Image
The prosecution of [Warren] Hastings, though he should escape at last, must have good effect. It will alarm the servants of the… — Horace Walpole Copy Share Image
The paid wealth which hundreds in the community acquire in trade, or by the incessant expansions of our population and arts, enchants… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
So what? A lobbyist cheated Indian tribes out of $25 million then laundered their money through phony Christian charities trying to stop… — Stephen Colbert 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
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
If we want to do more than just end mass incarceration—if we want to put an end to the history of racial… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
There are two parties involved in every corrupt transaction, typically a government official and a business person. Yet those who pay bribes… — Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey Copy Share Image
No bribes. Nothing that passes under the roof of a temple Or under the roof of the mouth, can appease heaven's anger… — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
Who can wonder at the attractiveness... of the bar, for our ambitious young men, when the highest bribes of society are at… — Marsilio Ficino Copy Share Image
Nothing corrupts a politician quite as much as friendship. Good politicians don't bribe; they make us like them. — Matthew Parris Copy Share Image
Bribes are not offered in such a way that you can prove them, and in order to prove that I didn't accept… — Jeannette Rankin Copy Share Image
I do what I do without hope of reward or fear of punishment. I do not require Heaven or Hell to bribe… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
If you're cutting deals with one company or another, eventually, there's going to be a quid pro quo. There's going to be… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I tell everyone very plainly that I take bribes, but what kind of bribes? Why, greyhound puppies. That's a totally different matter. — Nikolai Gogol Copy Share Image
I know that all cops are not sterling characters. But you have to have someone to root for. I balance it with… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If you finish eating this food, I’ll get you a whole herd of giant donkeys.” “That’s the strangest bribe I’ve ever heard… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
Nevertheless, this one fact should be apparent: turning the other cheek is a bribe. It is a valid form of action for… — Gary North Copy Share Image
I had three choices: to conform to my own beliefs, which meant death; complete silence, which meant another kind of death; to… — Ismail Kadaré Copy Share Image
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money.” — Alexis… — D.R. Bell Copy Share Image
“I don't want to hear from Traffic that my husband was hotdogging the skyways in his minichopper." "You won't. I bribe too… — J.D. Robb Copy Share Image
My election only proves that the citizens are tired of the experienced politicians who over the past 28 years created a country… — Volodymyr Zelensky Copy Share Image
The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
[I]n communism, you'd threaten a dog into compliance, while in capitalism, obedience is obtained through bribes. — Adam Johnson Copy Share Image
“How can I bribe my tongue to speak as truth the things my heart so contradicts. Attach to me then your strings… — Tonny Brown Copy Share Image
A man to whom you do a favor will not understand if you say nothing, make no noise, just walk away. You… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Sadly however, I discovered in one particular case that a colleague went and paid the bribe on my behalf, just to get… — Wole Soyinka Copy Share Image
President Bush has urged people to get back to normal and today Congress announced that they are accepting bribes again. — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
I can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart, I am trying to bribe you with uncertainty, with… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
Women are less corruptible. There's plenty of research to show that they are less inclined to take bribes and they are more… — Swanee Hunt Copy Share Image
yeah me see myself as a revolutionary, would wouldn't want no help and imma take no bribe from no one and fight… — Bob Marley 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
![“The prosecution of [Warren] Hastings, though he should escape at last, must have good effect. It will alarm the servants of the Company in India, that they may not always plunder with impunity, but that there may be a retrospect; and it will show them that even bribes of diamonds to the Crown may…” quote by Horace Walpole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79e/horace-walpole-3357_alarms_the-prosecution-of-warren-hastings-thoug_1849854.jpg)
![“So what? A lobbyist cheated Indian tribes out of $25 million then laundered their money through phony Christian charities trying to stop other Indian tribes from getting casinos [on screen: 'Thou Shalt Not Compete'] and bribe congressmen in the process. Know what I call that? I call that business…” quote by Stephen Colbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/163/stephen-colbert-503_bribe_so-what-a-lobbyist-cheated-indian-tribes_2910152.jpg)
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