Bribery Quotes

36 quotes by 32 authors

Honesty stands at the gate and knocks, and bribery enters in. — Barnabe Rich
I don't think it's bribery; I think it's extortion. Bribery, you know, is when the person that's giving the money does it voluntarily. What it… — John McCain
But there will be no justice, there will be no government of the people, by the people, and for the people, as long as the… — John Jay Hooker
You could not bribe honest people, but bad people would accept bribery. — Anne Holm
Do not accept gifts; [because] that is bribery. — Umar
There is no trick of a magician or spell of a witch doctor, no drug or mesmerism or bribery or torture or coercion that can… — Mike Mason
A government with all this mass of favours to give or to withhold, however free in name, wields a power of bribery scarcely surpassed by… — John Stuart Mill
The President of the United States would be liable to be impeached, tried, and upon conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors,… — Alexander Hamilton
Many a man has been dined out of his religion, and his politics, and his manhood, almost. — Henry Ward Beecher
By gold all good faith has been banished; by gold our rights are abused; the law itself is influenced by gold, and soon there will… — Propertius
I have tried my hand at bribery, blackmail, and deceit. And I've served time for everything, cept beggin on the street. — Bob Dylan
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' stealer: and 'tis… — William Shakespeare
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
Our supple tribes repress their patriot throats, And ask no questions but the price of votes. — Samuel Johnson
No mortal thing can bear so high a price, But that with mortal thing it may be bought. — Walter Raleigh
Judges and senates have been bought for gold; Esteem and love were never to be sold. — Alexander Pope
Alas! the small discredit of a bribe Scarce hurts the lawyer, but undoes the scribe. — Alexander Pope
In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery. — Sallust
There are many hands touching ballots after a voter drops his ballot into the ballot box. There is no guarantee of ballot secrecy for anyone,… — Bob Schaffer
As J.R. I could get away with anything - bribery, blackmail and adultery. But I got caught by cancer. I do want everyone to know… — Larry Hagman

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