Walter Bagehot | war
So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism – despotism during the campaign – is indispensable.
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Walter Bagehot | success
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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Walter Bagehot | history
The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.
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Walter Bagehot | history
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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Walter Bagehot | family
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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Walter Bagehot | death
No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist.
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Quote from Walter Bagehot
Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you do.
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