Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
NUMBER:
1373
AUTHOR:
Joseph Gurney Cannon (1836–1926)
QUOTATION:
It’s a damned good thing to remember in politics to stick to your party and never attempt to buy the favor of your enemies at the expense of your friends.
ATTRIBUTION:
Representative JOSEPH G. CANNON.—L. White Busby, Uncle Joe Cannon, p. 269 (1927).
“Uncle Joe” Cannon, who was Speaker of the House from 1903–1911, served in the House for 46 years.
