Walter Bagehot: “Every power in a popular Government ought to be known.”

They are above corruption because they are the corruptors.

They are solely concerned with his attractiveness as a candidate; they need not regard his efficiency as a ruler.

Thirdly, we see why so few nations have made rapid advance, and how many have become stationary.

We have thus a whole group of ancient republics of non-Aryan race, and one which, being more ancient than the classical republics, could not have borrowed from or imitated them.