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The nation never attends to any but the principal matters of policy and State.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “The nation never attends to any but the principal matters of policy and State.”
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Bagehot suggests that the public focuses primarily on major policy issues rather than minor details.
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