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But we have whole classes unable to comprehend the idea of a constitution--unable to feel the least attachment to impersonal laws.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot points out that many people struggle to understand the concept of a constitution and feel no attachment to it.
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Those who doubt should go out into their kitchens.
They have given what I may call a CONFIDENCE IN THE UNIVERSE.
The moderate people of every party must combine to support the Government which, on the whole, suits every party best.
That a House of Commons may work well it must perform, as we saw, five functions well: it must elect a Ministry well, legislate well, teach the nation well, express the nation's will well, bring matters to the nation's attention well.
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