"Government by blackmail is incompatible with democracy." — Jerrold Nadler

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• We can't allow the world's worst leaders to blackmail, threaten, hold freedom-loving nations hostage with the world's worst weapons. — George W. Bush
• Emotion resulting from a work of art is only of value when it is not obtained by sentimental blackmail. — Jean Cocteau
• There are some who, for varying reasons, would appease Red China. They are blind to history's clear lesson, for history… — Douglas MacArthur
• Gratitude is a debt which usually goes on accumulating like blackmail; the more you pay, the more is exacted. — Mark Twain
• Lobbying' is the activity of attempting to influence legislation by privately influencing the legislators. It is the result and creation… — Ayn Rand
• States like these [Iran, Iraq, North Korae], and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the… — George W. Bush
• The more you openly name your struggles, the less people can use your silence as a back door to blackmail… — Dan B. Allender
• Needless to say, I love the interaction between the sexes; it is a natural part of life and I love… — Michael Jackson
• When you move off a point of power, pay all your obligations on the nail, empower all your friends completely… — L. Ron Hubbard
• The days are gone forever when our enemies could blackmail us with nuclear bombs. — Kim Jong-un
• You have a Happiness Switch in you that you can switch on at any time. All you have to do… — Robert Young
• In fact, this is a blackmail of the terrorists at the expense of the suffering of the hostages. — Alberto Fujimori

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