In tacit acknowledgment that their anti-corruption movement will mean nothing unless common people like themselves take action, some 85,000 people gathered to watch crusader Anna Hazare end is 12-day hunger strike vowed they would never give or take another bribe, reports the Times of India.

It will take a huge effort for the movement to make good, however. At every turn, Indians are asked for money to avoid long waits, bureaucratic hassles, and unreasonable regulations — so vowing never to pay a bribe amounts to a promise of painful self-sacrifice.