Accepting Quote by Chuck Todd

The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

— Adrian Rogers

The management of foreign relations appears to be the most susceptible of abuse of all the trusts committed to a Government, because they can…

— James Madison

Do not trust governments more than governments trust their own people.

— Andrei Sakharov

Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.

— Gautam Adani

Nonprofits such as the Trump Foundation are prohibited from giving political gifts.

— David Fahrenthold

Note: The trust is not simply given to others.

— Innah Delos Angeles

It is vital that people are aware of what the Foreign Office can and can't do.

— David Lidington

The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not of those who receive the…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

No government can be trusted, that does not trust its own people with military-style arms of greater weight and power than those possessed by…

— Vin Suprynowicz

Officials don't punish those who send gifts.

— Anonymous

Government may not redistribute private wealth or grant special privileges to any individual or group.

— Noam Chomsky

Do not accept gifts; [because] that is bribery.

— Umar