“It is true that the politician, in his professional character, does not always, or even very often, conform to the most approved pattern of private conduct.”
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Men who are engaged in public life must necessarily aim at reducing opposition to a minimum, and one of the most obvious means to that end is by misrepresenting, discrediting or ruining their opponents.
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