Quote by Walter Bagehot
A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions

A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities. – Walter Bagehot

Other quotes by Walter Bagehot

The most intellectual of men are moved quite as much by the circumstances which they are used to as by their own will. The active voluntary part of a man is very small, and if it were not economized by a sleepy kind of habit, its results would be null. – Walter Bagehot

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Freedom
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No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist. – Walter Bagehot

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Death
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Other Quotes from
Politics
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Im not involved in politics any more and theyre quite right. – Jeffrey Archer

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Politics

Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative. – John Kenneth Galbraith, New York Times, 1989 October 8th

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Politics

Politics is much too serious to be taken too seriously equally, there are many aspects of it so laughable as to be lamentable. – Charles Kennedy

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Politics

You know, Im just not going to get into American politics. – Benjamin Netanyahu

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Politics

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After a number of years dating, we decided we were good partners. – Melinda Gates

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dating

Art has to move you and design does not, unless its a good design for a bus. – David Hockney

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A song will outlive all sermons in the memory. – Henry Giles

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