It is easy to imagine, upon a constitutional throne, an active and meddling fool who always acts when he should not, who never acts when he should, who warns his Ministers against their judicious measures, who encourages them in their injudicious measures.
This quote illustrates Bagehot's concerns about a king who meddles ineffectively in governance, undermining his ministers.
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But all men heed great results, and a change of Government is a great result.
The power of free interchange of ideas being wanting, the ideas themselves were barren.
The whole history of civilisation, is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.
Thirdly, we see why so few nations have made rapid advance, and how many have become stationary.
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