Each kind of persons will have their spokesman; each spokesman will have his characteristic objection, and each his characteristic counter-proposition, and so in the end nothing will probably be done, or at least only the minimum which is plainly urgent.
Bagehot explains how differing perspectives can complicate decision-making and lead to minimal action.
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