Nothing subtle or clever: simply that whoever took money from the aspirants for power or the corruptors of Greece were universally detested: it was dreadful to be convicted of bribery; the severest punishment was inflicted on the guilty, and there was no intercession or pardon.
From a speech recalling the strict anti-corruption measures of earlier Athenian society, on the severe penalties for bribery and political malfeasance.
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