Posts Tagged ‘bribes’
Graham Greene: Corrupt Sentiment
on Wednesday, October 2, 2019Graham Greene Money Quote saying those willing to sell themselves for money are more predictable than those that may be swayed by emotions. Graham Greene said:
“They had been corrupted by money, and he had been corrupted by sentiment. Sentiment was the more dangerous, because you couldn’t name its price. A man open to bribes was to be relied upon below a certain figure, but sentiment might uncoil in the heart at a name, a photograph, even a smell remembered” — Graham Greene
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Jeannette Rankin: Bribes Offered
on Tuesday, June 11, 2019Jeannette Rankin Money Quote saying as first U.S. Congress woman that no bribe is obvious or traceable – so to prove none were paid, she took the opposite actions. Jeannette Rankin said:
“Bribes are not offered in such a way that you can prove them, and in order to prove that I didn’t accept a bribe, I had to run” — Jeannette Rankin
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Birthday June 11, 1880 – Died May 18, 1973
Elected to Congress from Wyoming in 1916 and helped pass the 19th Amendment, to give women the right to vote
Frederick Douglass: Judge Gets 10 Dollars
on Thursday, July 13, 2017Frederick Douglass Money Quote saying Fugitive Slave Law in mid 19th Century made it profitable for judges to decide against slaves and for owners. Frederick Douglass said:
“The Fugitive Slave Law makes mercy to them a crime; and bribes the judge who tries them. An American judge gets ten dollars for every victim he consigns to slavery, and five, when he fails to do so” — Frederick Douglass
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