Walter Bagehot: “But in common Governments it is fatally difficult to make an UNpopular…”

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But in common Governments it is fatally difficult to make an UNpopular entity powerful in a popular Government.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot warns about the challenges of empowering unpopular entities in popular governments.

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Walter Bagehot: “But in common Governments it is fatally difficult to make an UNpopular entity powerful in a popular Government.”