Walter Bagehot: “But the figures are never the same, and the views of policy are rarely…”

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But the figures are never the same, and the views of policy are rarely the same.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot notes the inconsistency in financial figures and policy perspectives.

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

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Walter Bagehot: “But the figures are never the same, and the views of policy are rarely the same.”