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Every class chamber, every minority chamber, so to speak, feels weak and helpless when the nation is excited.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “Every class chamber, every minority chamber, so to speak, feels weak and helpless when the nation is excited.”
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Bagehot notes that minority chambers feel powerless when the nation is excited and unified.
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