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At any rate, none of the competing forms of government have nearly so effectual a procedure for putting a good untechnical Minister to correct and impel the routine ones.
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Walter Bagehot
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Bagehot argues that Parliamentary government effectively allows for the correction of routine bureaucratic practices.
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