Illegal Practices Quotes
1st Earl of Kingston. Historically, this quotation shows that in the middle of the 19th century bribery was commonplace and material when there were critical issues under defeat by the legislature. It was so blatant that the Prime Minister in his report to the Queen pointed it out just like other political factors.
Reflecting on the reasons for the coup that ousted him as President of Haiti:
His prediction turned out to be accurate, and he went on to write Exodus, Spartacus and many other films. He never signed a studio contract again but worked picture by picture. He and the 9 others refused to answer a Congressional Committee’s questions about their political beliefs and affiliations. Trumbo served a year in jail for Contempt of Congress and then was blacklisted for years, but he was so good that Otto Preminger broke the Blacklist and hired him whereupon he was employed in many of the major films. He had actually won an Academy Award writing under the name of Robert Rich.
AI Explanation: AOC is implying that in order for someone to make a billion dollars, they have to do something illegal or morally suspect. In other words, billionaires can’t get their wealth just by being lucky; they have to get it by being bad.
