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And the difficulty of matching a Ministry is more than that of fitting a puzzle, because the Ministers to be put in can object, though the bits of a puzzle cannot.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot elaborates on the difficulties of assembling a government, emphasizing the objections of potential ministers.
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