spoils of office

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The victor nowadays is denied 99% of the spoils of office, but he still has 100% of the responsibility for decision and action.

From Time Magazine Archive

There will not be lacking the spoils of office and the plunder of the enemy to lull their discontent.

From A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois by Bennet, Robert Ames

And he said "it wus the spoils of office."

From Sweet Cicely — or Josiah Allen as a Politician by Holley, Marietta

Some, rioting in the spoils of office, turned pale with apprehension; knowing well the genius of Napoleon, and his boundless popularity, they feared another revolution, which should eject them from their seats of power.

From Napoleon Bonaparte by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)

Secession and empire or not, their hope, like his, is in the spoils of office; they are lean and desperate.

From The Conqueror by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn