On the record
A man who is his own candidate is commonly a very bad candidate for his party.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
He asserts that individuals who actively campaign for their own candidacy are often detrimental to their party.
Share
More from George F. Hoar
I believe that as time goes on, the great self-restraint of the American people in dealing with the momentous peril of 1877, and the constructive ability which created the simple but perfect mechanism of the Electoral Commission, will…
As it is, the jetties have been of great value and well worth their cost.
The large majority was made up of sensible, strong-headed country farmers, rather slow in making up their minds, but making them up always on considerations of what was best for the Commonwealth.
Never rode to the wrong's redressing A worthier paladin.
Other voices in this conversation
