Walter Bagehot: “Any law which the people of ignorant times enact is sure to involve…”

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Any law which the people of ignorant times enact is sure to involve many misconceptions, and to cause many evils.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot warns that laws enacted by ignorant societies are likely to be flawed and harmful.

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Walter Bagehot: “Any law which the people of ignorant times enact is sure to involve many misconceptions, and to cause many evils.”