The committee which unites the law-making power to the law-executing power--which, by virtue of that combination, is, while it lasts and holds together, the most powerful body in the State--is a committee wholly secret.
Bagehot describes the Cabinet as a powerful and secretive committee that unites legislative and executive powers.
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But all men heed great results, and a change of Government is a great result.
All savage religions are full of superstitions founded on luck.
The nation then selected the English policy, but the Crown chose the English Ministers.
And, to the effectual maintenance of such a separation, the exclusion of the President's Ministers from the legislature is essential.
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