Let them say at once that his reputation is of no value, and that he has no call to assert it,--but that theirs is of infinite concern to the party and the public, and to that consideration he ought to sacrifice all his opinions and all his feelings.
Burke critiques the hypocrisy of valuing one's reputation over truth and integrity in public discourse.
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