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As to politics, we were like the rest of the country people in…

Quote byWilliam Cobbett · 1763–1835

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Life and Adventures of Peter Porcupine (1796), P. 21.

English (original)

As to politics, we were like the rest of the country people in England; that is to say, we neither knew nor thought any thing about the matter.

— William Cobbett

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