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A nation which does not expect good from a Parliament, cannot check or punish a Parliament.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “A nation which does not expect good from a Parliament, cannot check or punish a Parliament.”
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Bagehot asserts that a nation that does not expect good from its Parliament lacks the ability to hold it accountable.
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