Nicholas Freeling Quotes


One only needs a big enough bribe to give in like a lamb.


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Nicholas Freeling, British Novelist, Gun before Butter, 1963

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This proverb is particularly relevant to the legislative process where coalitions of legislators trade off support for other issues to get support on a current issue. The problem is that someone who will support you only because you offer him something, might also abandon you if the other side offers him more.


This is a common rejoinder of third world country leaders to accusations of Western democracies about corruption. And doubtless it is true. However temptation has never been a good defense of improper behavior.


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  • Born: March 3, 1927
  • Died: July 20, 2003
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Nicolas Freeling, was a British crime novelist, best known as the author of the "Van der Valk" series of detective novels. A television series based on the character was produced for the British ITV network by Thames Television during the 1970s, and revived in 1991–91 and again in 2020.