Walter Bagehot: “By definition, a nation calling itself free should have no jealousy of the executive, for freedom means that the nation…”

He could have found the truth as a statesman just as he found it when a judge; but he never did find it.

The work would be done so well that we should not want any one to look over or revise it.

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

But, above all things, they were frightened of 'the world;' the spectacle of nature filled them with awe and dread.