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I answer, no philosophy, no posterity, no external authority, but the English nation here and now.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “I answer, no philosophy, no posterity, no external authority, but the English nation here and now.”
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Bagehot emphasizes that the authority of governance should come from the English nation itself, rather than external sources.
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