“I did not mean that Conservatives are generally stupid; I meant, that stupid persons are generally…”
“I did not mean that Conservatives are generally stupid; I meant, that stupid persons are generally…”

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“I did not mean that Conservatives are generally stupid; I meant, that stupid persons are generally Conservative. I believe that to be so obvious and undeniable a fact that I hardly think any hon. Gentleman will question it.”

John Stuart Mill, Hansard, vol. 183, col. 1592

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