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Political Essays  ·  1819

William Hazlitt

It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter.

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The statement connects political honesty with a habit of dissent. It proposes a relationship between independence and integrity rather than proving that every dissenter is honest.

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