Mark Hanna Quote Question

[George Thompson]

This parallels the frequently-heard line about real estate: location,
location, and location.

GAT

On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 2:55 AM, Garson O'Toole
<adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>wrote:

> Donna Halper on the Wombats list pointed out an important variant of
> the quotation. The general form includes a sub-phrase such as: the
> first is money, the second is money, and the third is money. Here is
> an example in 1901 with a nod toward the political domain.
>
> Cite: 1901, Richard Croker by Alfred Henry Lewis, Page 188, Life
> Publishing Company, New York. (Google Books full view)
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> Some Socrates of carnage, and one profound of blood, once wrote,
> "There are three things needed to wage successful war; the first is
> money, the second is money, and the third is money." One may say as
> much of politics.
> [End excerpt]
>
> http://books.google.com/books?id=H7sMAAAAYAAJ&q=%22second+is%22#v=snippet&
>
> Many examples involve the expenses of war. Here is an example in 1870
> from a different domain:
>
> Cite: 1870 April 9, All The Year Round, Conducted by Charles Dickens,
> The Great Magyar [In Four Parts, Chapter 1], Start Page 450, Quote
> Page 451, Published by Messrs Chapman and Hal, London. (Google Books
> full view)
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> One day (it was in the year 1825) the Diet of Presburg was engaged in
> discussing the question of founding an academy for the cultivation of
> the national language. "It is impossible," said one of the speakers,
> "except by immense pecuniary sacrifices on the part of the great
> proprietors. For the establishment of such an institution three things
> are indispensable. The first is money, the second is money, the third
> is money"
> [End excerpt]
>
> Here is a precursor in 1840:
>
> Cite: 1840, Irish Life: In the Castle, the Courts, and the Country [by
> Isaac Butt], Quote Page 109, How and Parsons, London. (Google Books
> full view)
>
> [Begin excerpt]
> In this, as in many other things, there is one grand sine qua non,
> which, like the great rhetorical resource of the orator of old,
> deserves to be honored by a threefold repetition. The first thing is
> money, the second money, the third money-like the inquisitive
> strangers who pander to the bloated pride ...
> [End excerpt]
>
> Because of time constraints I only looked quickly in Google Books.
>
> Garson
>
>
> On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 10:18 PM,  <sclements at neo.rr.com> wrote:
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> > Do you have anything before 1993?
> >
> > sam clements
> > ---- "Shapiro wrote:
> >> I have been asked about the source of the following quotation, often
> attributed to Mark Hanna:
> >>
> >> "There are two things that are important in politics. The first is
> money and I can't remember what the second one is."
> >>
> >> Can anyone point me to early evidence of this quote?  Even apocryphal
> attributions would be of interest.
> >>
> >> Fred Shapiro
> >>
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George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern
Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much since then.

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