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Most persons would admit these conditions of Parliamentary government when they read them, but two at least of the most prominent ideas in the public mind are inconsistent with them.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot notes that while many accept the conditions of parliamentary government, public perceptions often conflict with these principles.
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