Walter Bagehot: “If you employ the best set of men to do nearly nothing, they will…”

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If you employ the best set of men to do nearly nothing, they will quarrel with each other about that nothing.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot suggests that a lack of substantial work can lead to conflict among legislators.

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The Parliament, the laws, the press were human institutions; but the Monarchy was a Divine institution.

The nation then selected the English policy, but the Crown chose the English Ministers.

Thirdly, we see why so few nations have made rapid advance, and how many have become stationary.

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

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Walter Bagehot: “If you employ the best set of men to do nearly nothing, they will quarrel with each other about that nothing.”