Walter Bagehot: “France expects, I fear, too little from her Parliaments ever to get…”

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France expects, I fear, too little from her Parliaments ever to get what she ought.

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Walter Bagehot

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Bagehot expresses concern that France's low expectations of its Parliaments prevent it from achieving the governance it deserves.

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Walter Bagehot: “France expects, I fear, too little from her Parliaments ever to get what she ought.”