Corruption and Illegal Activity
In some instances, advocacy groups have been convicted of illegal activity. Major examples include:
- Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal Corrupt and fraudulent lobbying in relation to Native American gambling enterprises
- Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement between the Attorneys General of 46 states and the four largest US tobacco companies who agreed to pay $206 billion over the first twenty-five years of the agreement.
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Famous quotes containing the words corruption and, corruption, illegal and/or activity:
“Were it not for the corruption and viciousness of degenerate men, there would be no ... necessity that men should separate from this great and natural community, and by positive agreements combine into smaller and divided associations.”
—John Locke (1632–1704)
“The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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—Barbara Ehrenreich (b. 1941)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)