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A half-insane king, like George III., would be worse.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “A half-insane king, like George III., would be worse.”
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Bagehot warns that a king who is mentally unstable, like George III, would be even less fit for leadership.
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