First, that Demosthenes was not bribed by Harpalus.
The people called it the shameful peace of Northampton, and firmly believed that he had been bribed by the Scots.
On one occasion, for instance, Heraclea was afflicted with famine, and the Pythian priestess at Delphi, bribed by Heraclides, assured his inquiring townsmen that the dearth would be stayed if they granted a golden crown to that philosopher.
Politicians are the weakest link in the chain because they can be so easily bribed, and backed with lobby material.
He bribed the sexton to lay him next to Cathy with no casket walls between them when he dies.