Blackmail Quote by John le Carre Download Open image “Blackmail is more effective than bribery.” — John le Carre ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Blackmail Bribery Corruption
Bribe is such an ugly word. I prefer extortion. The X makes it sound cool. — Bender (The Cartoon Character Copy Share Image
Politicians are expected to spend half their time talking to funders and to keep them happy. Given this context, it's not hard to see… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
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… — John McCain Copy Share Image
It is a great mistake to suppose that bribery and corruption, although they may be very convenient for gratifying the ambition or the vanity… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
blackmail. The age-old path to the land of milk and honey. The one sure way of being paid for doing nothing. — Ursula Curtiss Copy Share Image
The core of the concept of a bribe is an inducement improperly influencing the performance of a public function meant to be gratuitously exercised. — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
The creation of George Smiley, the retired spy recalled to hunt for just such a high-ranking mole in 'Tinker, Tailor,' was extremely personal. I… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
During the Cold War, we lived in coded times when it wasn't easy and there were shades of grey and ambiguity. — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“You're history, Donohue. You think countries run the fucking world! Go back to fucking Sunday school. It's 'God save our multinational' they're singing these… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
When you're my age and you see a story, you better go for it pretty quickly. I'd just like to get a few more… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
The trouble is, when professional spies go out of their way to make a definitive statement about one of their own, the public tends… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
Ideologies have no heart of their own. They're the whores and angels of our striving selves. — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“Pain observed is journalistic pain. It's diplomatic pain. It's television pain, over as soon as you switch off your beastly set.” — John le Carré Copy Share Image
The greatest threat to mankind comes from the renunciation of individual scruple in favor of institutional denominators. . . . Real heroism lies, as… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
“and the wood smoke will roll out of the fireplace on to the carpet we paid too much for on that rainy afternoon in… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
“Middle children weep longer than their brothers and sisters. Over her mother’s shoulder, stilling her pains and her injured pride, Jackie Lacon watched the… — John le Carré Copy Share Image
Lobbying' is the activity of attempting to influence legislation by privately influencing the legislators. It is the result and creation of a mixed economy-of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“The bonds of friendship dwindle with age, Oliver. But a little blackmail lasts forever.” — Stephen Hunt Copy Share Image
“You don’t get to say it’s not a big thing. This is a big fucking thing, okay? This was supposed to be—this is mine.… — Becky Albertalli Copy Share Image
I'm constantly lying to my dog. He only responds to manipulation and blackmail. — Riley Keough Copy Share Image
If the minority is able to successfully undo the Affordable Care Act by blackmail, it will be the undoing of the democratic nature of… — Jerrold Nadler Copy Share Image
Neither the citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina nor the international community will accept such blackmail. — Wolfgang Petritsch Copy Share Image
Russia has shown it's not above the temptation of using some bargaining power or blackmail. It shows that if there is a way to… — Daniel Gros Copy Share Image
You know, it's hard to say this, but I suspect that Obama is afraid either of blackmail potential or even worse. And he has… — Ray McGovern Copy Share Image
“When that bastard calls back, you tell him he’s won this round. I’ll marry him. But I don’t take well to being blackmailed, and… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
The police had a practice of entrapping people. This was done all over the country, but we had a particularly vicious group here in… — Harry Hay Copy Share Image
The economics of the security world are all horribly, horribly nasty and are largely based on fear, intimidation and blackmail. — Linus Torvalds Copy Share Image
There are some who, for varying reasons, would appease Red China. They are blind to history's clear lesson, for history teaches with unmistakable emphasis… — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
