Walter Bagehot: “I confess this doctrine has to me no self-evidence, and it is assumed…”

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I confess this doctrine has to me no self-evidence, and it is assumed, but not proved.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot expresses skepticism about the self-evidence of the doctrine supporting federal veto authority.

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Walter Bagehot: “I confess this doctrine has to me no self-evidence, and it is assumed, but not proved.”