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  • If Christianity is a mere invention of man, and the Bible is not from God, how can infidels explain Jesus Christ? His existence in history they cannot deny. How is it that without force or bribery, without arms or money, He has made such an immensely deep mark on the world as He certainly has?

    Jesus   Men   World  
  • Honesty stands at the gate and knocks, and bribery enters in.

    Honesty   Bribery   Gates  
  • When Americans think of college these days, the first word that often comes to mind is 'debt.' And from 'debt' it's just a short hop to other unpleasant words, like 'payola,' 'kickback,' and 'bribery.'

    College   Thinking   Mind  
    "Rent-Seekers". www.newyorker.com. August 13, 2007.
  • [the downfall of our political system is the] buying and selling of politicians...bribery. In the private sector, you're arrested for it. In the public sector, it's the norm.

  • Judges and senates have been bought for gold; Esteem and love were never to be sold.

    Judging   Gold   And Love  
    Alexander Pope, John Wilson Croker (1871). “The Works: Including Several Hundred Unpublished Letters, and Other New Materials”, p.442
  • Petitions, not sweetened with gold, are but unsavory and oft refused; or, if received, are pocketed, not read.

  • 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 is in Washington is extortion because they all ask for the money.

  • 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, which makes the whole system vulnerable to intimidation and bribery.

    Hands   Touching   Voters  
  • Behaving morally because of a hope of reward or a fear of punishment is not morality.

    Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
  • 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 compare in power with the force for change unleashed in the human breast through the touch of love.

    Doctors   Drug   Coercion  
    Mike Mason (1985). “Mystery of Marriage: Meditations on the Miracle”, Multnomah
  • I have tried my hand at bribery, blackmail, and deceit. And I've served time for everything, cept beggin on the street.

    Hands   Evil   Deceit  
    Song: I Am a Lonesome Hobo, Album: John Wesley Harding
  • We meant to temporarily disable her," Ian said. "Just a drop. But Natalie slipped during air turbulence. Before we could warn your nose-ringed nanny, she drenched us. Luckily, she allowed us to retrieve the antidote from our carry-on." "That's kindness," Amy said. "I made them agree to give me all their cash," Nellie explained. "That's bribery," Natalie grumbled.

    Kindness   Air   Giving  
  • If bribery is good enough for Congress, it's good enough for me.

  • You could not bribe honest people, but bad people would accept bribery.

    Anne Holm (1965). “North to freedom”
  • Most of the money given by rich people in "charity" is made up of conscience money, "ransom," political bribery, and bids for titles.... One buys moral credit by signing a cheque, which is easier than turning a prayer wheel.

  • The American white man (not to speak of the Indian, the Negro, the Mexican) hasn't a ghost of a chance. If he has any talent he's doomed to have it crushed one way or another. The American way is to seduce a man by bribery and make a prostitute of him. Or else to ignore him, starve him into submission and make a hack of him.

    Men   White Man   Mexican  
    Henry Miller (1970). “The Air-Conditioned Nightmare”, p.156, New Directions Publishing
  • If religious belief be indeed so necessary to mankind, as we are continually assured that it is, there is great reason to lament, that the intellectual grounds of it should require to be backed by moral bribery or subornation of the understanding.

    John Stuart Mill (1874). “Nature, the Utility of Religion, and Theism”, p.71
  • Every man has his price.

    Money   Men   Bribery  
  • 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 be an end of every modest restraint.

    Rights   Law   Gold  
    "Elegies, III". Book by Sextus Propertius, c. 24 B.C.
  • The crime of bribery of foreign officials is an offence under the Commonwealth Criminal Code.

    Criminals   Crime   Code  
    Source: thebriefonline.atavist.com
  • 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 that it is a very common and treatable form of cancer. I will be receiving treatment while working on the new 'Dallas' series.

    "Larry Hagman Returns to His Old 'Dallas' Stomping Grounds" by Philiana Ng, www.hollywoodreporter.com. October 26, 2011.
  • Tis pleasant purchasing our fellow-creatures; And all are to be sold, if you consider Their passions, and are dext'rous; some by features Are brought up, others by a warlike leader; Some by a place--as tend their years or natures; The most by ready cash--but all have prices, From crowns to kicks, according to their vices.

    Passion   Years   Leader  
  • There is thy gold, worse poison to men's souls, Doing more murder in this loathsome world, Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell.

    Men   Soul   Gold  
    Aidan Coleman, Shane Barnes, William Shakespeare (2008). “Romeo and Juliet”, p.133, Insight Publications
  • Don't vote for Republicans or Democrats until they clean up the open system of bribery that we live under.

    Vote   Republican   Clean  
    Source: www.avclub.com
  • It is a great mistake to suppose that bribery and corruption, although they may be very convenient for gratifying the ambition or the vanity of individuals, have any great effect upon the fortunes or the power of parties. And it is a great mistake to suppose that bribery and corruption are means by which power can either be ob-tained or retained.

    Mistake   Party   Mean  
    Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield) (1886). “Wit and Wisdom of Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield: Collected from His Writings and Speeches”
  • I do not spoil women. ... I don't send them flowers and gifts. . . . I'm saving those gestures until I am an unpleasant old man who must resort to bribery to win a woman's synthetic affections.

    Flower   Men   Winning  
  • You have to decide what those issues are for you. What do you think disqualifies a person from holding public office? I believe that the endorsement of the right to kill unborn children disqualifies a person from any position of public office. It's simply the same as saying that the endorsement of racism, fraud, or bribery, would disqualify him - except that child-killing is more serious than those.

    John Piper (2009). “A Godward Life: Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of Life”, p.280, Multnomah
  • Alas! the small discredit of a bribe Scarce hurts the lawyer, but undoes the scribe.

    Hurt   Lawyer   Scribes  
    Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce (1835). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope: Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot, being the prologue to the satires. Satires, epistles, and odes of Horace imitated. Epitaphs. The Dunciad, in four books”, p.111
  • There's going to be a lot of remedies. [Donald Trump] is also subject to other conflicts laws.The bribery laws are intended to prevent conflicts, for example. He's subject to criminal law. He's subject to civil law. He's going to be subject to litigation. He's already in a lot of cases. This is going to come up in existing litigation and there's going to be new litigation.

    Law   Criminals   Example  
    Source: abcnews.go.com
  • Do not accept gifts; [because] that is bribery.

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