Walter Bagehot: “The VALUED use of Parliament was not half so much to alter the law, as…”

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The VALUED use of Parliament was not half so much to alter the law, as to prevent the laws being altered.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot asserts that the primary value of Parliament lies in preventing law changes rather than enacting them.

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Walter Bagehot: “The VALUED use of Parliament was not half so much to alter the law, as to prevent the laws being altered.”