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Patronage Quotes

Indeed, it is a kind of quintessence of pride to hate and fear even the kind and legitimate approval of those who love us! I mean, to resent it as a humiliating patronage. Thomas Merton
There is almost no country in Africa where it is not essential to know to which tribe, or which subgroup of which tribe, the president belongs. From this single piece of information you can trace the lines of patronage and allegiance that define the state. Christopher Hitchens
...as a mark of gratitude for his previous patronage, and a slight super-added morsel after breakfast, put likewise into his hand a whale! The great fish, reversing his experience with the prophet of Nineveh, immediately began his progress down the same red pathway of fate whiter so varied a caravan had preceded him. Nathaniel Hawthorne
There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness. George Washington
Each of the Arts whose office is to refine, purify, adorn, embellish and grace life is under the patronage of a Muse, no god being found worthy to preside over them. Eliza Farnham
John Howe quote: "Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and..."
Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness. John Howe
I would argue that one of the issues which the public should be much more emphatic about with all politicians... is patronage, appointing people to high positions because they supported your campaign or helped you raise money. John Hickenlooper
This great oracle of the East India Company himself admits that, if there is no power vested in the Court of Directors but that of the patronage, there is really no government vested in them at all. Richard Cobden
Joseph Lancaster quote: "Female schools might be comprised in the list of those worthy..."
Female schools might be comprised in the list of those worthy the public patronage, with great propriety. Joseph Lancaster
Paul Ryan quote: "The stimulus was a case of political patronage, corporate..."
The stimulus was a case of political patronage, corporate welfare, and cronyism at their worst. Paul Ryan
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward. Charles Babbage

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