Walter Bagehot: “Change your leader if you will, take another if you will, but obey No.…”

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Change your leader if you will, take another if you will, but obey No. 1 while you serve No. 1, and obey No. 2 when you have gone over to No. 2.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot discusses the necessity of loyalty to leaders in a political context, even when changing allegiances.

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Walter Bagehot: “Change your leader if you will, take another if you will, but obey No. 1 while you serve No. 1, and obey No. 2 when you…”