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On a transient view, bribery is rather a subject of disgust than horror,--the sordid practice of a venal, mean, and abject mind; and the effect of the crime seems to end with the act.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke reflects on the moral implications of bribery, suggesting it reveals a person's character.
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