Saya sering memperhatikan bahwa suap memiliki efek seperti itu – ia mengubah suatu hubungan. Orang yang menawarkan suap menyia-nyiakan sedikit kepentingannya sendiri; suap begitu diterima, dia menjadi inferior, seperti pria yang membayar wanita. Asli: I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect - it changes a relation. The man who offers a bribe gives away a little of his own importance; the bribe once accepted, he becomes the inferior, like a man who has paid for a woman.

— Kata-kata Bijak dari Graham Greene