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You know how easily party majorities persuade themselves, or affect to persuade themselves, of the existence of facts, which it is for their party interest to establish.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge F. Hoar: “You know how easily party majorities persuade themselves, or affect to persuade themselves, of the existence of facts…”
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Hoar reflects on the tendency of political parties to manipulate facts for their own benefit.
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