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And, as the nation is less able to choose than a Parliament, so it has worse people to choose out of.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “And, as the nation is less able to choose than a Parliament, so it has worse people to choose out of.”
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Bagehot argues that the nation is less capable of making good choices compared to a parliamentary system.
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