Source: The Cruise of the 'Nona (1925), p. 116
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 8, Ingratitude in Politics
Source: The Political Economy of International Relations (1987), Chapter Five, The Politics Of International Trade, p. 228
Said to Sir Louis Mallet by Cobden on his death bed within two days before his death, quoted in Richard Gowing, Richard Cobden (London: Cassell, 1890), p. 130.
1860s
“Putin’ on style don’t pay in politics. p. 50”
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 12, Dangers of the Dress Suit in Politics
“Say, ain’t some of the papers awful gullible about politics? p. 59”
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 14 Tammany the Only Lastin’ Democracy
“Men ain’t in politics for nothin’. They want to get somethin’ out of it. p. 37”
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall, Chapter 9, Reciprocity in Patronage
““He was, and ever will remain, the Sir Galahad of Canadian politics” (Marquis 1903, p. 418)”
His Character
“It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship.”
Source: Le Pur et l'Impur (The Pure and the Impure) (1932), Ch. 9
Source: Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
