Walter Bagehot: “Its constitution, if left to itself, is not monarchical, but…”

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Its constitution, if left to itself, is not monarchical, but aristocratical.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot asserts that society's constitution is more aristocratic than monarchical when left to its own devices.

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Walter Bagehot: “Its constitution, if left to itself, is not monarchical, but aristocratical.”