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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 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. – Walter Bagehot

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You cannot spend your way out of recession or borrow your way out of debt. – Daniel Hannan

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I believe in the separation of church and state, but I do not believe in the separation of politics from religion. – Rick Warren

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Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. – Henry Adams

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Sometimes I wonder if we shall ever grow up in our politics and say definite things which mean something, or whether we shall always go on using generalities to which everyone can subscribe, and which mean very little. – Eleanor Roosevelt

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