Mehmet Pasha, Pegawai Pembendaharaan Empayar Othmaniah menulis dalam buku beliau bertajuk The Book of Counsel for Vizier and Governor, c. 1704, antaranya:
"It is essential to guard against giving office through bribery to the unfit and tyrannical oppressors."
"… Bribes mean giving permission to plunder the property of the subject."
"Bribery is the beginning and root of illegality and tyranny, the source and fountain of every sort of disturbance and sedition, the greatest of calamities…"
"The business of the Treasury is among the most important and essential affairs of the Exalted Government."
Sumber dipetik dari:
The Human Record: Source of Global History. 3rd Edition Vol. II A J Andrea & J H Overfield. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1998. page 208-209
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