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...the very notion that a candidate should openly solicit votes violated the principled presumption that such behavior itself represented a confession of unworthiness for national office.

Joseph J. Ellis
Office, Vote, Behavior
Joseph J. Ellis (2003). “Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation”, p.162, Vintage
...the very notion that a candidate should openly solicit votes violated the principled presumption that such behavior itself represented a confession of unworthiness for national office.