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Walter Bagehot: And this seems to be the best position in which negotiators can be placed, namely, that they should be sure to have to…

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And this seems to be the best position in which negotiators can be placed, namely, that they should be sure to have to account to considerate and fair persons, but not to have to account to inconsiderate and unfair ones.
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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot suggests that negotiators should be accountable to fair critics rather than unfair ones.

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