Envy and malice will always find a convenient shelter in pretended devotion to the public weal, and will seek revenge for their own lack of success by putting on the cloak of the tribune of the people, and perverting the noblest of offices to the basest uses.
Lodge reflects on the nature of envy and malice in politics, emphasizing their persistent presence throughout history.
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