Walter Bagehot: “To do so with efficiency they must be able to perceive that the…”

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To do so with efficiency they must be able to perceive that the Parliament is wrong, and that the nation knows it is wrong.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot asserts that a monarch must recognize the faults of Parliament to act effectively in governance.

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They have given what I may call a CONFIDENCE IN THE UNIVERSE.

Those who doubt should go out into their kitchens.

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Walter Bagehot: “To do so with efficiency they must be able to perceive that the Parliament is wrong, and that the nation knows it is…”