Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 1416 |
| AUTHOR: | James Bryce (1838–1922) |
| QUOTATION: | A political career brings out the basest qualities in human nature. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | This remark was made during a conversation with Wister in London in 1921. |
| SUBJECTS: | Politics |