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

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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The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other. – Walter Bagehot

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Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. – Hannah Arendt

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