Bribe Quotes

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Until the nineteen-seventies, Western countries paid little attention to corruption overseas, and bribery was seen as an unpleasant but necessary part of doing business there.… — James Surowiecki
The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money. — Alexis de Tocqueville
Writing! The activity for which the only adequate bribe is the possibility of suicide, one day. — Joyce Carol Oates
God doesn't bribe, child. He just makes a sign and lets people take it as they will. — Stephen King
I can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart, I am trying to bribe you with uncertainty, with danger, with defeat. — Jorge Luis Borges
Judges... are picked out from the most dextrous lawyers, who are grown old or lazy, and having been biased all their lives against truth or… — Jonathan Swift
Madness alone is truly terrifying, inasmuch as you cannot placate it by threats, persuasion, or bribes. — Joseph Conrad
Bribes are the glue that's kept teenagers and parents connected for generations — Gayle Forman
They had been corrupted by money, and he had been corrupted by sentiment. Sentiment was the more dangerous, because you couldnâ€™t name its price. A… — Graham Greene
We are afraid that Heaven is a bribe, and that if we make it our goal we shall no longer be disinterested. It is not… — C.S. Lewis
[I]n communism, you'd threaten a dog into compliance, while in capitalism, obedience is obtained through bribes. — Adam Johnson
yeah me see myself as a revolutionary, would wouldn't want no help and imma take no bribe from no one and fight it single handed… — Bob Marley
King Drowden has given his men instructions to infiltrate the town, bribe townspeople for the secrets of their neighbors, steal the neighborsâ€™ hidden treasures. Much… — Kristin Cashore
In poor countries, officials receive explicit bribes; in D.C. they get the sophisticated, implicit, unspoken promise to work for large corporations — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
I shifted in my chair as Dad waited for a response. He seemed determined, his resolve unwavering. This would take tact. Prudence. Possibly Milk Duds.… — Darynda Jones
These?" Mat said, gesturing to his coat and shirt. "I really have no idea. They were just down there. I'm completely baffled." He had been… — Robert Jordan
â€¦was designed to protect his heart, to bind me and bribe me to stay with him no matter what. He was giving everything he had. — Sylvia Day
That is the true genius of America, a faith in the simple dreams of its people, the insistence on small miracles. That we can say… — Barack Obama
Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe. — Gautam Adani
It is essential to seek out enemy agents who have come to conduct espionage against you and to bribe them to serve you. Give them… — Sun Tzu

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