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The passions are so powerful, force so eager, the social bond so weak, that the august spectacle of an all but unalterable law is necessary to preserve society.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot argues that the power of passions and social bonds necessitates the existence of unchangeable laws for societal preservation.
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