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But they would be much worse if any thirty or forty advocates for this gun or that gun could make a motion in Parliament, beat the department, and get their ships or their guns adopted.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot warns against the dangers of allowing multiple advocates to influence military decisions in Parliament.
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