Walter Bagehot: “There are arguments for not having a Court, and there are arguments…”

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There are arguments for not having a Court, and there are arguments for having a splendid Court; but there are no arguments for having a mean Court.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot argues that there is no justification for a monarchy that lacks grandeur, emphasizing the importance of a splendid Court.

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The power of free interchange of ideas being wanting, the ideas themselves were barren.

Those who doubt should go out into their kitchens.

No doubt this momentary gain is bought at a ruinous after-cost.

The Parliament, the laws, the press were human institutions; but the Monarchy was a Divine institution.

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