You despise and you nurture this infamy, which goes on under the shadow of your authority.

It is more sinful to buy votes and flattery than to sell them! You are the most corrupt of all! Your second sin is that you consider lying a necessity of your position; you lie as you would drink water.

You lie to the people, lie to the Parliament, lie to the Crown, lie to your adversaries, lie to your friends.

I know--some of you do not personally indulge in the general prevarication, but you tolerate it in your colleagues.

Many of you shrink from assuming this on entering the seat of government, as, upon entering a mine, we put on a dirty dress to protect our own and, on coming out, lay it down joyfully.