Quotes and Sayings about Bribery

"They have seized upon the government by bribery and corruption. They have made speculation and public robbery a science. They have loaded the nation, the state, the county, and the city with debt."
- Denis Kearney
(Related: Government, Science, Bribery, Corruption, Debt, Nation, Public, State)

"In the last few years, the very idea of telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth is dredged up only as a final resort when the alternative options of deception, threat and bribery have all been exhausted."
- Michael Musto
(Related: Truth, Idea, Bribery, Deception, Nothing, Options, Years)

"In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery."
- Sallust
(Related: Bribery, Force, Opinion)

"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."
- Bob Schaffer
(Related: Bribery, Secrecy)

"Our form of democracy is bribery, on the highest scale."
- Gore Vidal
(Related: Bribery, Democracy)