Unlawful Gain Quotes

He that buys the office of magistrate must of necessity sell justice.

Allah has cursed the one who pays bribes, the one who receives them, and the one who arranges the act between two parties.

[A] privilege takes flight when abused.

Fraud will vitiate any, even the most solemn transactions; and any asserted title founded upon it, is utterly void.

The more illegal a profit, the more tenaciously a man clings to it.

Woe unto them ... who acquit the guilty for a bribe, and deprive the innocent of his right!

It is to be remedied that the false traitors will suffer no man to come into the king's presence for no cause without bribes where none ought to be had. Any man might have his coming to him to ask him grace or judgment in such case as the king may give.

He who receives money in trust to administer for the benefit of its owner, and uses it either for his own interest or against the wishes of its rightful owner, is a thief.

Unfortunately, the former rulers during the era of dictatorship indulged in massive corruption in Punjab, and the hard-earned money of the poor nation was mercilessly looted.

That our judges, counts, or envoys shall not have a right to extort payment of the remitted fine, on their own behalf…

Fraud is the daughter of greed.

If someone really wants my company's business, why shouldn't he be able to do everything he can - including paying me off - to get that business? Because bribery encourages people to make decisions based on the wrong criteria, which means in the business world that it distorts the efficient allocation of resources.

To try and nick a few quid off the income tax... Why? I am not into that. I don't need that.

The law serves of nought else in these days but for to do wrong, for nothing is spread almost but false matters by color of the law for reward, dread and favor and so no remedy is had in the Court of Equity in any way.

Heck, what's a little extortion among friends?

Ill-gotten gains work evil.

He who uses the office he owes to the voters wrongfully and against them is a thief.

I am calling Shaktikanta Das as a corrupt person. I am surprised that the man I got removed from the Finance Ministry for corruption was brought in as governor.

Fraud is the homage that force pays to reason.

When you steal from the government, you steal from yourself.

No one will find me to have knowingly committed fraud.

If you have Trump avoiding income tax and money coming in, and then he's still able to control it and use it as if it was his income to help his interests, then you're starting to see a bigger legal problem.

It is very wicked for you not to take care of your masters goods, but how much worse is it to pilfer and steal from them, whenever you think you shall not be found out.

We now know, without any shred of uncertainty, that billions of rands of public resources have been diverted into the pockets of a few.

I've made an incredible amount of money stealing fans from homeowners.