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One of the peculiarities of the English-speaking world is its immense interest and belief in political parties. A very large percentage of English-speaking people really believe that the ills from which they suffer would be cured if a certain political party were in power. That is a reason for the swing of the pendulum. ...By the time he is disenchanted with all parties, he is an old man on the verge of death; his sons retain the belief of his youth, and the see-saw goes on....
It is useless to urge that politicians ought to be high-minded enough to advocate what enlightened opinion considers good, because if they do they are swept aside for others. ...There is therefore no point in moral exhortations to politicians to be disinterested, except in the crude sense of not taking bribes.
Source: Sceptical Essays, 1928, chap.11: the need for political scepticism
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