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I set out as a sort of self-dependent politician. My opinions were my own. I dashed at all prejudices. I scorned to follow anybody in matter of opinion.... All were, therefore, offended at my presumption, as they deemed it.

William Cobbett

William Cobbett (1762–1835), British author, publisher, Member of Parliament. Political Register, LXXV, pp. 364-365 (February 4, 1832). The Autobiography of William Cobbett: The Progress of a Plough-boy to a Seat in Parliament, ch. 7, p. 86, Faber and Faber Limited (1933).

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