If one is raising hobgoblins about a united foreign policy and a united defence force, one has to say what the alternatives are.
The thought that one can produce exact figures of the increase in unemployment next year shows a hobgoblin of a little mind.
I think that that is probably a hobgoblin that we can put behind us for the indefinite future.
I am reminded of someone who said that consistency is the hobgoblin of little statesmen and little minds.
Consistency in politics has been variously described as the last refuge of the unimaginative and the hobgoblin of little minds—to name but two.
I hope that we can remove some of the hobgoblins and that we, at last, will have the opportunity to say that the public interest is back on the agenda.
That is really a hobgoblin.
Powerful creatures such as bugbears, ogres, and trolls may occasionally assume leadership positions in a hobgoblin tribe, but normally act as front line muscle.
