Quid Pro Quo Quotes

• Wilderness designations should not be the result of a quid pro quo. They should rise or fall on their own merits.

  Nick Rahall

  Fall, Merit, Wilderness

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• If the angle you're going at is there's some kind of quid pro quo - there isn't. Business is business, and people are allowed to make money. Looks can be deceiving, because there's no quid pro quo here.

  Mike Miller

  Lying, People, Deceit

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• We exist temporarily through what we take,
  but we live forever through what we give.

  Douglas A. Lawson

  Angel, Giving, Forever

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• You are where you are today because you stand on somebody's shoulders. And wherever you are heading, you cannot get there by yourself. If you stand on the shoulders of others, you have a reciprocal responsibility to live your life so that others may stand on your shoulders. It's the quid pro quo of life. We exist temporarily through what we take, but we live forever through what we give

  Vernon Jordan

  Responsibility, Giving, Forever

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• Once you experience being loved when you are unworthy, being forgiven when you did something wrong, that moves you into non-dual thinking. You move from what I call meritocracy, quid pro quo thinking, to the huge ocean of grace, where you stop counting or calculating.

  Richard Rohr

  Ocean, Moving, Thinking

  Source: ryanthomasneace.com

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• As a lobbyist, I thought it only natural and right that my clients should reward those members who saved them such substantial sums with generous contributions. This quid pro quo became one of hallmarks of our lobbying efforts.

  Jack Abramoff

  Effort, Lobbyists, Lobbying

  Jack Abramoff (2011). “Capitol Punishment: The Hard Truth About Washington Corruption From America's Most Notorious Lobbyist”, p.86, BookBaby

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• If you're cutting deals with one company or another, eventually, there's going to be a quid pro quo. There's going to be a bribe. There's going to be something.

  David Brooks

  Cutting, Deals, Company

  "Week In Politics: Trump Begins 'Thank You' Tour In Indiana". "All Things Considered" with Audie Cornish, www.npr.org. December 2, 2016.

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• Only unconditional grace can transform a hardened heart into a grateful heart. Only a free gift can demolish any notion of quid pro quo. Only an utterly merciful act of love can fashion a new creation capable of love. As theologian Karl Barth puts it, 'As the beloved of God, we have no alternative but to love him in return.

  Mark Galli

  Fashion, Grateful, Heart

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• All good things to those who wait.

  Hannibal

  Waiting, Lambs, Good Things

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• State Department official accused of offering 'quid pro quo' in [Hillary] Clinton email scandal.

  Donald Trump

  Offering, Email, Scandal

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• This is nothing. The last couple of batches of [Hillary Clinton's] emails have revealed exactly nothing. Now, who is pushing this notion that there was a quid pro quo in the State Department?

  Thomas Roberts

  Couple, Email, Lasts

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• The media companies control whether a candidate gets "coverage" - which itself is tied to the knowledge of how much he or she has raised. The networks then know how much money the candidate is likely to spend on commercial airtime buys - so, this is a reinforcing system of legal corruption and quid pro quo news coverage.

  Robert Kane Pappas

  Media, News, Corruption

  "Can the Corporate Media Turn Lies Into Truth?". Interview with Mark Karlin, www.scoop.co.nz. August 12, 2011.

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• Twenty-five years ago, Christmas was not the burden that it is now; there was less haggling and weighing, less quid pro quo, less fatigue of body, less weariness of soul; and, most of all, there was less loading up with trash.

  Margaret Deland

  Christmas, Years, Soul

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• Both the State Department and the FBI deny any 'quid pro quo' between Hillary Clinton's State Department and the FBI.

  Thomas Roberts

  Clinton, Deny, States

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• Texas has waited too long for a governor who knows that quid pro quo shouldn't be the status quo. It's time for a governor who believes that you don't have to buy a place in Texas' future.

  Wendy Davis

  Believe, Texas, Long

  "Wendy Davis Announces She's Running For Texas Governor" by Rebecca Shapiro, www.marieclaire.com. October 3, 2013.

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• The mode of reconciling the promise of ever-increasing reward for the cadres and the demands of the working classes for a quid pro quo for their loyalty to the state was to offer the latter a small piece of the pie.

  Immanuel Wallerstein

  Loyalty, Pie, Class

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