Blakey on Corruption

One of the neatest things I learned from Professor Blakey at Notre Dame was, “some of you are going to become public officials. Some of you are going to take bribes. If you want to know which public officials are corrupt, go through their bank records and look for the checks made out in round numbers. When was the last time you got a paycheck for precisely $1,000? The really smart crooks put money in safety deposit boxes.”

I called Professor Blakey when I learned that Hillary Clinton had made $100,000 off of a 1,000-dollar investment. He just laughed.