3 December 2020 Walter Bagehot Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison.
3 December 2020 Walter Bagehot A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.
3 December 2020 Walter Bagehot The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen.
3 December 2020 Walter Bagehot Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one – in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.
3 December 2020 Walter Bagehot The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.
3 December 2020 Walter Bagehot So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism – despotism during the campaign – is indispensable.
3 December 2020 Walter Bagehot No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist.
