But if, especially at a time when great ignorance has an unusual power in public affairs, he chooses to accept and reiterate the decisions of that ignorance, he is only the hireling of the nation, and does little save hurt it.
Bagehot warns against statesmen who merely echo public ignorance, suggesting it harms the nation.
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