"As men advance in life, all passions resolve themselves into money. Love, ambition, even poetry, end in this."

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It is a great mistake to suppose that bribery and corruption, although they may be very convenient for gratifying the ambition or the vanity of individuals, have any great effect upon the fortunes or the power of parties. And it is a great mistake to suppose that bribery and corruption are means by which power can either be ob-tained or retained.

— Benjamin Disraeli