Political Maxim—when first used

The political maxim, or phrase, inquired after by C. is Burke's. It occurs in his celebrated *Thoughts on the Cause of the present Discontent*, published in 1770, in the course of his defence of party, a few pages from the end. A short extract will show the connection in which it is introduced:— "No man, who is not inflamed by vain-glory into enthusiasm, can flatter himself that his single, unsupported, desultory, unsystematic endeavours are of power to defeat the subtle designs and united cabals of ambitious citizens. When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by…