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Now to know that Parliament is wrong, a man must be, if not a great statesman, yet a considerable statesman--a statesman of some sort.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “Now to know that Parliament is wrong, a man must be, if not a great statesman, yet a considerable statesman--a statesman…”
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Bagehot argues that a monarch must possess significant political acumen to discern when Parliament is wrong.
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