[T]here cannot be a more certain symptom of the approaching ruin of a State than when a firm adherence to party is fixed upon as the only test of merit, and all the qualifications requisite to a right discharge of every employment, are reduced to that single standard.
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Edward Wortley Montagu
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Reflections on the Rise and Fall of the Ancient Republicks: Adapted to the Present State of Great Britain
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