He serves his party best who serves the country best.
The freeman casting, with unpurchased hand,
The vote that shakes the turrets of the land.
Holmes—Poetry. A Metrical Essay. L. 83.
Non ego ventosae plebis suffragia venor.
I court not the votes of the fickle mob.
Horace—Epistles. I. 19. 37.
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{{Hoyt quote
| num = 1
| text = Like an armed warrior, like a plumed knight,
James G. Blaine marched down the halls of the
American Congress and threw his shining lance
full and fair against the brazen foreheads of the
defamers of his country, and the maligners of
his honor.
Robert G. Ingersoll—The Plumed Knight.
Speech in nomination of Blaine for President in the Republican Convention.
Cincinnati. June 15, 1876.
| seealso = (See also Phillips)
| topic = Politics
| page = 612
}}
{{Hoyt quote
| num =
| text = <poem>Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on
offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.
Thos. Jefferson—Letter to Coxe. (1799)
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{{Hoyt quote
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| text = <poem>If a due participation of office is a matter of
right, how are vacancies to be obtained? Those
by death are few; by resignation, none.
Usually quoted, "Few die and none resign."
Thos. Jefferson—Letter to Elms Shipman
and Merchants of New Haven. July 12, 1801.
Of the various executive abilities, no one excited more anxious concern than that of placing
the interests of our fellow-citizens in the hands of
honest men, with understanding sufficient for
their stations. No duty is at the same time
more difficult to fulfil. The knowledge of
character possessed by a single individual is of
necessity limited. To seek out the best through
the whole Union, we must resort to the information which from the best of men, acting disinterestedly and with the purest motives, is sometimes incorrect.
Thos. Jefferson—Letter to Elias Shipman
and Merchants of New Haven. July 12, 1801.
Paraphrased, "Put the right man in the
right place" by McMaster—History of the
People of the U.S. Vol.11. P. 586.
We are swinging round the circle.
Andrew Johnson—Of the Presidential "Reconstruction." August, 1866.
I have always said the first Whig was the Devil.
| author = Samuel Johnson
| work = Boswell's Johnson. (1778)
| topic = Politics
| page = 612
}}
{{Hoyt quote
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| text = <poem>Skilled to pull wires he baffles nature's hope,
who sure intended him to stretch a rope.
| author = Lowell
| work = The Boss. (Tweed.}})
| topic = Politics
| page = 612
}}
{{Hoyt quote
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| text = <poem>Free trade, one of the greatest blessings
which a government can confer on a people,
is in almost every country unpopular.
Macaulay—On Mitford's History of Greece.
Factions among yourselves; preferring such
To offices and honors, as ne'er read
The elements of saving policy;
But deeply skilled in all the principles
That usher to destruction.
Mabsinger—The Bondman. Act I. Sc. 3.
L. 210.
Agitate, agitate, agitate.
Lord Melbourne. In Torrens—Life of
Lord Melbourne. Vol. I. P. 320, and in
Walpole's History of England from Conclusion of the Great War. Vol. III. P. 143.
Every time I fill a vacant office I make ten
malcontents and one ingrate.
Moltere. Quoting Louis XIV, in Sihcle de
Louis Quatorze.
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{{Hoyt quote
| num = 15
| text = Those who would treat politics and morality
apart will never understand the one or the other.
John Morlet—Rousseau. P. 380.
Car c'est en famine, ce n'est pas en public,
qu'un lave son linge sale.
But it is at home and not in public that one
should wash ones dirty linen.
Napoleon—On his return from Elba. Speech
to the Legislative Assembly.
17
| seealso = (See also {{sc|Voltaire)
Better a hundred times an honest and capable
administration of an erroneous policy than a
corrupt and incapable administration of a good
one.
E. J. Phelps—At Dinner of the N. Y. Chamber
of Commerce. Nov. 19, 1889.
The White Plume of Navarre.
Name given to N. Y. Tribune during the Civil
War. See Wendell P tttt.t.tp s—Under the
Flag. Boston, April 21, 1861.
lg
| seealso = (See also {{sc|Ingersoll)
A weapon that comes down as still
As snowflakes fall upon the sod;
But executes a freeman's will,
As lightning does the will of God;
And from its force, nor doors nor locks
Can shield you; 'tis the ballot-box.
PrERPONT—A Word from a Petitioner.
Party-spirit, which at best is but the madness
of many, for the gain of a few.
| author = Pope
| work = Letter to Blount. Aug. 27, 1714,
Old politicians chew on wisdom past,
And totter on in business to the last.
| author = Pope
| work = Moral Essays. Ep. I. L. 228.
Party is the madness of many for the gain of a
few.
Pope in Thoughts on Various Subjects, written
by Swift and Pope. Evidence in favor of
Pope.
{{Hoyt quote
| num = | text = <poem>A mugwump is a person educated beyond his
intellect. Horace Porter—A Bon-Mot in ClevelandBlaine Campaign. (1884)
| seealso = (See also {{sc|Bromley)
