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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

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The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other peoples minds. – Walter Bagehot

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Conversation
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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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We can and must move U.S. politics forward by means of committed participation. – Paul Wellstone

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Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be. – Marshall McLuhan

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Its time to let science and medicine, not politics and rhetoric, lead us to good, sound policy. – Eliot Spitzer

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Justice, sir, is the great interest of man on earth. It is the ligament which holds civilized beings and civilized nations together. – Daniel Webster

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I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety. – Jane Austen

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Ive always been very zealous about not invading other peoples private spaces. – Peter Jennings

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Oratory is the power to talk people out of their sober and natural opinions. – Joseph Chatfield

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