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Quote by Walter Bagehot
The cure for admiring the house of lords is to go and look at it.

The cure for admiring the house of lords is to go and look at it. – Walter Bagehot

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The Sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, three rights — the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right to warn. And a king of great sense and sagacity would want no others. – Walter Bagehot

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Royalty, Kings, Queens
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Walter Bagehot
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