He was dead sure he, for one, wasn't going to make a fool of himself over any swell-headed politician.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower
Mill holds a more or less socialistic idea of what a just society would be; Bismarck holds a more or less socialistic view of the functions of the State; but neither of these ideas separately make up the minimum of socialism; and it would therefore be misleading to call either of them by that name, while to call both by it would be hopeless confusion, since the one politician holds exactly what the other rejects, and no more.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
The writer took the blank to a relative, who was the leading politician of the State.
"Dollars and Sense"
Col. Wm. C. Hunter