Walter Bagehot Quotes

Efficiency in an assembly requires a solid mass of steady votes; and Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

Efficiency in an assembly requires a solid mass of steady votes; and

— Walter Bagehot

It has been said that England invented the phrase, ‘Her Majesty’s Opposition’; Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

It has been said that England invented the phrase, ‘Her Majesty’s Opposition’;

— Walter Bagehot

History is strewn with the wrecks of nations which have gained a Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

History is strewn with the wrecks of nations which have gained a

— Walter Bagehot

What we opprobriously call stupidity, though not an enlivening quality in common Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

What we opprobriously call stupidity, though not an enlivening quality in common

— Walter Bagehot

Business is really more agreeable than pleasure; it interests the whole mind, Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

Business is really more agreeable than pleasure; it interests the whole mind,

— Walter Bagehot

In early times every sort of advantage tends to become a military Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

In early times every sort of advantage tends to become a military

— Walter Bagehot

There seems to be an unalterable contradiction between the human mind and Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

There seems to be an unalterable contradiction between the human mind and

— Walter Bagehot

Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a

— Walter Bagehot

Life is not a set campaign, but an irregular work, and the Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

Life is not a set campaign, but an irregular work, and the

— Walter Bagehot

Great and terrible systems of divinity and philosophy lie round about us, Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

Great and terrible systems of divinity and philosophy lie round about us,

— Walter Bagehot

Civilized ages inherit the human nature which was victorious in barbarous ages, Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

Civilized ages inherit the human nature which was victorious in barbarous ages,

— Walter Bagehot

Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early

— Walter Bagehot

Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is

— Walter Bagehot

All the inducements of early society tend to foster immediate action; all Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

All the inducements of early society tend to foster immediate action; all

— Walter Bagehot

We think of Euclid as of fine ice; we admire Newton as Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

We think of Euclid as of fine ice; we admire Newton as

— Walter Bagehot

The characteristic merit of the English constitutions is, that its dignified parts Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

The characteristic merit of the English constitutions is, that its dignified parts

— Walter Bagehot

Persecution in intellectual countries produces a superficial conformity, but also underneath an Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

Persecution in intellectual countries produces a superficial conformity, but also underneath an

— Walter Bagehot

If you have to prove you are worthy of credit, your credit is already gone. Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

If you have to prove you are worthy of credit, your credit is already gone.

— Walter Bagehot

The most intellectual of men are moved quite as much by the Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

The most intellectual of men are moved quite as much by the

— Walter Bagehot

I’m not the kind of writer who’s able to block out the Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

I’m not the kind of writer who’s able to block out the

— Walter Bagehot

To a great experience one thing is essential, an experiencing nature. Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

To a great experience one thing is essential, an experiencing nature.

— Walter Bagehot

Capital must be propelled by self-interest; it cannot be enticed by benevolence. Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

Capital must be propelled by self-interest; it cannot be enticed by benevolence.

— Walter Bagehot

One cannot make men good by Act of Parliament. Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

One cannot make men good by Act of Parliament.

— Walter Bagehot

A political country is like an American forest; you have only to Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

A political country is like an American forest; you have only to

— Walter Bagehot

Throughout the greater part of his life George III was a kind Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

Throughout the greater part of his life George III was a kind

— Walter Bagehot

War both needs and generates certain virtues; not the highest, but what Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

War both needs and generates certain virtues; not the highest, but what

— Walter Bagehot

All people are most credulous when they are most happy. Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

All people are most credulous when they are most happy.

— Walter Bagehot

The mystic reverence, the religious allegiance, which are essential to a true Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

The mystic reverence, the religious allegiance, which are essential to a true

— Walter Bagehot

In the faculty of writing nonsense, stupidity is no match for genius. Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

In the faculty of writing nonsense, stupidity is no match for genius.

— Walter Bagehot

The Ethiop Gods have Ethiop lips, Bronze cheeks, and woolly hair; The Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

The Ethiop Gods have Ethiop lips, Bronze cheeks, and woolly hair; The

— Walter Bagehot

A princely marriage is the brilliant edition of a universal fact, and, Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

A princely marriage is the brilliant edition of a universal fact, and,

— Walter Bagehot

No man has come so near our definition of a constitutional statesman Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

No man has come so near our definition of a constitutional statesman

— Walter Bagehot

The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental

— Walter Bagehot

The real essence of work is concentrated energy – people who really Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

The real essence of work is concentrated energy – people who really

— Walter Bagehot

Not only does a bureaucracy tend to under-government in point of quality; Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

Not only does a bureaucracy tend to under-government in point of quality;

— Walter Bagehot

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of

— Walter Bagehot

Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what

— Walter Bagehot

Nations touch at their summits. Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

Nations touch at their summits.

— Walter Bagehot

The purse strings tie us to our kind. Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

The purse strings tie us to our kind.

— Walter Bagehot

All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality – the story of escape. Walter Bagehot Picture Quote

All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality – the story of escape.

— Walter Bagehot

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