APAD: Every man has his price

 

Meaning:

 

Anyone's support can be bought if you throw enough money (or alternate

bargaining item) at the problem

 

Background:

 

An early reference can be found in William Coxe's Memoirs of Walpole written in

1798, which records Walpole (English Prime Minister) saying in 1745: "All those

men have their price".

 

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Walpole certainly didn't have Buddha in mind when he said that. British ruled

India from 1858 but it's not hard to imagine the ideas had reached the island much

earlier. Or maybe none took them seriously.

 

On a second thought, maybe I was not reading carefully as he said "those men" 

referring to a certain crowd.