spoils of office
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The victor nowadays is denied 99% of the spoils of office, but he still has 100% of the responsibility for decision and action.
From Time Magazine Archive
She has bartered her dignity and spiritual independence to secure confessional privileges, and to get her share in the spoils of office.
From German Problems and Personalities by Saroléa, Charles
On one side was the old High Tory or Family Compact party, who revelled in the spoils of office, and held the representative of Majesty in the hollow of their hands.
From The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion by Dent, John Charles
Those who were on the watch-towers saw the enemy mustering, but they gave no warning, for the spoils of office were dear.
From Stand Up, Ye Dead by Maclean, Norman
The necessities of national authority tipped the scale, and the powers of legislation and government and the spoils of office tumbled, all together, into the freedman's ragged lap.
From Strange True Stories of Louisiana by Cable, George Washington
