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The nature of a constitution, the action of an assembly, the play of parties, the unseen formation of a guiding opinion, are complex facts, difficult to know and easy to mistake.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot discusses the complexities of political systems and the challenges in understanding them.
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