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
He was not above using the spoils of office to reward faithful followers.
From Stephen A. Douglas A Study in American Politics by Johnson, Allen
Farinelli acquired great wealth, but no malicious pen has ever ascribed to him any of the corrupt arts by which royal favorites are wont to accumulate the spoils of office.
From Great Singers, First Series Faustina Bordoni To Henrietta Sontag by Ferris, George T. (George Titus)
Kings, oligarchs, democrats and mob-leaders have without exception regarded power as the object to be attained because of the spoils of office.
From Authors of Greece by Lumb, T. W.
On one side was the old High Tory or Family Compact party, who revelled in the spoils of office, and held the representative of Majesty in the hollow of their hands.
From The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion by Dent, John Charles
