But, in any case, as long as he is a party candidate, he must remember that it is in that character that he speaks and acts.

The party prepossessions and party expectations of his constituents alone make it possible for them to think and feel with him.

When he speaks there is between him and his audience the party mask, larger and less mobile than his own face, like the mask which enabled actors to be seen and heard in the vast open-air theatres of Greece.

If he can no longer act the part with sincerity he must either leave the stage or present himself in the mask of another party.
Party leaders again have always to remember that the organisation which they control is an entity with an existence in the memory and emotions of the electors, independent of their own opinions and actions.

This does not mean that party leaders cannot be sincere.