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They would not only make Parliamentary government work ill, but they would prevent its working at all; they would not render it bad, for they would make it impossible.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “They would not only make Parliamentary government work ill, but they would prevent its working at all; they would not…”
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Bagehot warns that certain ideas could not only hinder parliamentary government but also render it unworkable.
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