Walter Bagehot: “A great popular assembly has a corporate character; it has its own…”

On the record

A great popular assembly has a corporate character; it has its own privileges, prejudices, and notions.

Said by

Walter Bagehot

Source

Bagehot describes the inherent characteristics of a large assembly in a political context.

More from Walter Bagehot

They have given what I may call a CONFIDENCE IN THE UNIVERSE.

Carlyle has taught the present generation many lessons, and one of these is that 'God-fearing' armies are the best armies.

Thirdly, we see why so few nations have made rapid advance, and how many have become stationary.

The Parliament, the laws, the press were human institutions; but the Monarchy was a Divine institution.

Other voices in this conversation

Walter Bagehot: “A great popular assembly has a corporate character; it has its own privileges, prejudices, and notions.”