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Walter Bagehot

Walter Bagehot

Walter Bagehot ( "Badgett"3 February 1826 – 24 March 1877) was a British journalist, businessman, and essayist, who wrote extensively about government, economics, and literature.

So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable.
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No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist.
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A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.
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Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison.
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The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other.
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Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.
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A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
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The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.
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The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest; it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen.
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One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
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