Political Quotes

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But I confess I like to leave on record, if I may, some evidence which will contradict the charge so constantly made by critics near home, that I am a man of intense partisan and personal bitterness.
Said by
George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Hoar defends himself against accusations of partisanship and personal bitterness.

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