Walter Bagehot: “Of these I have shown that, as now worked in America, the Presidential…”

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Of these I have shown that, as now worked in America, the Presidential form of government is incompatible with a skilled bureaucracy.

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Bagehot critiques the Presidential system in America for its incompatibility with a skilled bureaucracy.

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And therefore party is inherent in it, is bone of its bone, and breath of its breath.

And again, in political matters, how quickly a leading statesman can change the tone of the community!

The moderate people of every party must combine to support the Government which, on the whole, suits every party best.

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