“Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.”– Alexander Pope Related Quotes “So much of what is best in us is bound up in our love of family, that it remains the measure of our stability because it measures our sense of loyalty. All other pacts of love or fear derive from it and are modeled upon it.”– Haniel Long “Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.”– Henry Ward Beecher “I believe we need to attract a new generation of the best and brightest to public service and I believe that government can be a source of inspiration, not degradation.”– Andrew Cuomo