"Money is the mother's milk of politics" (1963)

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 21:01:48 -0500, Bapopik at AOL.COM wrote:

>Party Hackles Raised by Democratic Council
>CARL GREENBERG. Los Angeles Times (1886-Current File). Los Angeles, Calif.:
>Apr 8, 1963. p. A4 (1 page)  :
>This was the platform from which the committee, and subsequently the
>convention, jumped on Unruh with both feet, inveighing against "bossism"
>and "machine politics" and, lest anybody fail to get the message, using a
>quotation previously publicly attributed to Unruh about money being "the
>mother's milk of politics."

Ever-so-slightly earlier:

     Democratic Council Hits at Unruh;
     Adopts Explosive Report Warning of Party Bossism
     Los Angeles Times, Mar 31, 1963. p. G1
     The election committee made it clear that it was referring to
     Unruh in its report by citing a quotation attributed to him
     that "money is the mother's milk of politics."


--Ben Zimmer