Bribe Quotes

99 quotes by 86 authors

Rockefeller and his associates did not build the Standard Oil Co. in the board rooms of Wall Street banks. They fought their way to control… — Ida Tarbell
A man to whom you do a favor will not understand if you say nothing, make no noise, just walk away. You may cause more… — Chinua Achebe
There are two parties involved in every corrupt transaction, typically a government official and a business person. Yet those who pay bribes are often depicted… — Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey
In the modern-day world, where time is premium and battle for subsistence is unimaginably tough, the hapless common man simply gives in and pays the… — Shaffi Mather
Successful democratic politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They advance politically only as they placate, appease, bribe, seduce, bamboozle, or otherwise manage to manipulate the… — Walter Lippmann
Our children will not survive our habits of thinking, our failures of the spirit, our wreck of the universe into which we bring new life… — June Jordan
No client ever had money enough to bribe my conscience or to stop its utterance against wrong, and oppression. — Abraham Lincoln
Though the bribe be small, yet the fault is great. — Edward Coke
Japan has a low crime rate, unless you count the fact that approximately every fifteen minutes the entire Cabinet gets indicted for taking bribes. — Dave Barry
I know that all cops are not sterling characters. But you have to have someone to root for. I balance it with rotten cops who… — Ed McBain
Nothing corrupts a politician quite as much as friendship. Good politicians don't bribe; they make us like them. — Matthew Parris
In the name of motherhood and fatherhood and education and good manners, we threaten and suffocate and bind and ensnare and bribe and trick children… — June Jordan
What, shall one of us, That struck for the foremost man of all this world But for supporting robbers--shall we now Contaminate our fingers with… — William Shakespeare
Alas! the small discredit of a bribe Scarce hurts the lawyer, but undoes the scribe. — Alexander Pope
Nevertheless, this one fact should be apparent: turning the other cheek is a bribe. It is a valid form of action for only so long… — Gary North
It is to be remedied that the false traitors will suffer no man to come into the king's presence for no cause without bribes where… — Jack Cade
If we want to do more than just end mass incarcerationâ€”if we want to put an end to the history of racial caste in Americaâ€”we… — Michelle Alexander
It's rather naive, apart from being ethically objectionable, to assume that our investigators travel around the country with bags of money trying to bribe witnesses… — Jim Garrison
Can I say that I think it should be against the law for one state to use taxpayer money to try to bribe businesses in… — Gail Collins
During my 21 years of playing cricket, I have never been approached by anyone or offered a bribe. — Imran Khan

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