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> [I went into politics thinking that, if I made arguments in good faith, I'd get a hearing. It's a reasonable assumption, but it's wrong. In five and a half years in politics up north, no one really bothered to criticize…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-ignatieff/i-went-into-politics-thinking-that-if-i-made-arguments-in-good-faith/)

[Michael Ignatieff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-ignatieff/)

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