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Quote by Walter Bagehot
The Sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, t

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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No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist. – Walter Bagehot

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