13 quotes found
“Not every gift must you stretch your hands to take! Sometimes, just put your hands by your side and humbly and courageously say thank you!”
“You could not bribe honest people, but bad people would accept bribery.”
“We need to show the Congress that our Government is no longer on sale to the highest bidder. It belongs to the voters.”
“In poor countries, officials receive explicit bribes; in D.C. they get the sophisticated, implicit, unspoken promise to work for large corporations”
“The quest to sin always knocks at the door of the heart, but behold! You have the right and will to open your door or never to mind the knocks, no matter how intense it is!”
“To the goats, all people are equal, except for those who have treats.”
“Didnt we all grow up understanding that bribes and payoffs - - by whatever name or rationale - - were bad. And that people were supposed to be the focal point of society, not money?”
“I never bought a man who wasn't for sale. -W.A. Clark, ascribed”
“Every time there's elections, we hand out cash. Usually to both sides, but this time the government is going to win for sure. The opposition is in a total mess. So we just have to pay off the gover...”
“Every man has his price.”
“The universe would not be rich enough to buy the vote of an honest man.”
“Didn’t we all grow up understanding that bribes and payoffs - - by whatever name or rationale - - were bad. And that people were supposed to be the focal point of society, not money?”
