When her family came to the Crown it was a sort of treason to maintain the inalienable right of lineal sovereignty, for it was equivalent to saying that the claim of another family was better than hers: but now, in the strange course of human events, that very sentiment has become her surest and best support.
Bagehot reflects on the evolving nature of monarchy and its legitimacy over time.
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They have given what I may call a CONFIDENCE IN THE UNIVERSE.
The nation then selected the English policy, but the Crown chose the English Ministers.
And therefore party is inherent in it, is bone of its bone, and breath of its breath.
It is absurd to choose by contested party election an impartial chooser of Ministers.
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