David Baldacci Quotes
Nothing, absolutely nothing, was above corruption so long as human beings were involved.
Franklin was the superstar of his day in terms of popularity—especially in Europe. However, his informal, social style together with his late hours and popularity with the ladies, together with the fact that he seemed on good social terms with even enemies developed a combination of jealousy, frustration and even suspicion by some of his diplomatic colleagues.
Corruption was rife in the Congo before the French or Belgians ever arrived there. However, it is the case that French business and diplomatic culture is much more tolerant of third world corruption than most other industrial democracies and actively engage in bribery efforts to a degree that other nations do not.
Originally it was published in Boston under the name “A Columbian Patriot.”
David Baldacci is a bestselling American novelist. An attorney by education, Baldacci writes mainly suspense novels and legal thrillers.
