party cry

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He belonged to no camp; he was a slave to no party cry; utterly unselfish, his sole aim was to seek after the truth for the sake of truth, and to proclaim it.

From An Outline of Russian Literature by Baring, Maurice

It believed the denunciation to be a mere party cry, a scream of disappointment and impotence from those who held no places and controlled no patronage.

From American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897) by Johnston, Alexander

He saw the danger of allowing responsible government to remain a party cry, and he removed "that most delicate and debatable subject" from party politics by conceding the whole position.

From British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 by Morison, J. L. (John Lyle)

A party cry seldom becomes extinct; but its successful revival demands the sense of some tangible grievance.

From A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate by Greenidge, A. H. J. (Abel Hendy Jones)

Yet he lent himself to the party cry that Pitt was taking his first measures for the re-enslavement of Ireland.

From Burke by Morley, John