Walter Bagehot: “They believe that there is ONE man whom by mystic right they should obey; and therefore they do obey him.”

If the above reasoning be sound, compulsory constituencies are necessary, voluntary constituencies destructive; the optional transferability of votes is not a salutary aid, but a ruinous innovation.

He had seen that LEISURE is the great need of early societies, and slaves only can give men leisure.

And therefore party is inherent in it, is bone of its bone, and breath of its breath.

And again, in political matters, how quickly a leading statesman can change the tone of the community!