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{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = 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. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Politics | page = 612 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = 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. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Politics | page = 612 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = 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. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Politics | page = 612 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = 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. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Politics | page = 612 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = A mugwump is a person educated beyond his intellect. Horace Porter—A Bon-Mot in ClevelandBlaine Campaign. (1884) | seealso = (See also {{sc|Bromley)