It is easy to imagine, upon a constitutional throne, an active and meddling fool who always acts when he should not, who never acts when he should, who warns his Ministers against their judicious measures, who encourages them in their injudicious measures.
This quote illustrates Bagehot's concerns about a king who meddles ineffectively in governance, undermining his ministers.
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