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'No attempt was made to secure the election of candidates favourable to the ministry,... practice in England, or to prevent the choice of those known to be hostile to it. It is impossible now to tell whether this was the result of a cynical desire to avoid all responsibility..., or a more positive but scarcely less disastrous faith in the ability of the people...'
Yikes.
So France is wrong for not cheating elections?