Walter Bagehot: “I ascertained that it was a mistake to fancy that at such times a…”

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I ascertained that it was a mistake to fancy that at such times a constitutional monarch had no rule and no duties.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot corrects the misconception that a constitutional monarch has no role or duties during critical times.

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The work would be done so well that we should not want any one to look over or revise it.

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

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Walter Bagehot: “I ascertained that it was a mistake to fancy that at such times a constitutional monarch had no rule and no duties.”