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The very contrary is the principle of English royalty.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “The very contrary is the principle of English royalty.”
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Bagehot contrasts the principles of English royalty with those of the French system, emphasizing inequality.
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That a House of Commons may work well it must perform, as we saw, five functions well: it must elect a Ministry well, legislate well, teach the nation well, express the nation's will well, bring matters to the nation's attention well.
He had seen that LEISURE is the great need of early societies, and slaves only can give men leisure.
And again, in political matters, how quickly a leading statesman can change the tone of the community!
The nation then selected the English policy, but the Crown chose the English Ministers.
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