Walter Bagehot: “There are occasions in which appearances are realities, and this is one of them.”

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

Perhaps such powers as these are what a wise man would most seek to exercise and least fear to possess.

But all men heed great results, and a change of Government is a great result.

And, to the effectual maintenance of such a separation, the exclusion of the President's Ministers from the legislature is essential.