“Major parties have lived more for patronage than for principles; their goal has been to bind together a sufficiently large coalition of diverse interests to get into power; and once in power, to arrange sufficiently satisfactory compromises of interests to remain there.” RepublicansDemocratsMajor Parties Book:The Age of Reform (Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History, 1956): From Bryan to F.D.R. Source: The Age of Reform (Awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History, 1956): From Bryan to F.D.R.