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Quote by Walter Bagehot
Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is co

Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions. – Walter Bagehot

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A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it. – Walter Bagehot

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