“ If a man feels that he cannot sustain his own position without support, he declines to join the Government without it. ”
Anthony Trollope, Phineas Redux (1874). copy citation
| Author | Anthony Trollope |
|---|---|
| Source | Phineas Redux |
| Topic | government support |
| Date | 1874 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18640/18640-h/18640-h.htm |
Context
“I allude to men in lower offices, lords, and Under-Secretaries, and Vice-people. You know what I mean."
"I never interfere."
"But you must. Other men do continually. It's quite a common thing for a man to insist that one or two others should come in with him."
"Yes. If a man feels that he cannot sustain his own position without support, he declines to join the Government without it. But that isn't my case. The friends who are necessary to me in the Cabinet are the very men who will certainly be there. I would join no Government without the Duke; but—"
"Oh, the Duke—the Duke! I hate dukes—and duchesses too.”
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