George Washington Plunkitt (1842–1924) New York State Senator
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 19, The Successful Politician Does Not Drink
“When the liquor's out, why clink the cannikin?”
The Flight of the Duchess, xvi.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
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