Walter Bagehot: “The Government is a removable Government, its tenure depends upon its…”

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The Government is a removable Government, its tenure depends upon its conduct.

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Walter Bagehot

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This statement underscores the accountability of a ministerial government to its performance and conduct.

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But the Jewish advantage never did so; beginning in religion, contrary to a thousand analogies, it remained religious.

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

Nothing promotes intellect like intellectual discussion, and nothing promotes intellectual discussion so much as government by discussion.

They are solely concerned with his attractiveness as a candidate; they need not regard his efficiency as a ruler.

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Walter Bagehot: “The Government is a removable Government, its tenure depends upon its conduct.”