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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 3278 |
| AUTHOR: | Sir Robert Walpole (1676–1745) |
| QUOTATION: | Flowery oratory he despised. He ascribed to the interested views of themselves or their relatives the declarations of pretended patriots, of whom he said, “All those men have their price.” 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Coxe: Memoirs of Walpole. Vol. iv. p. 369. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| Note 1. ”All men have their price” is commonly ascribed to Walpole. [back] |
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