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Walter Bagehot was an English journalist and social philosopher, best known for his editorial role at The Economist. His writings on economics, finance, and political institutions have had a profound impact on the field.

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Famous Walter Bagehot Quotes

“Most men of business think "Anyhow this system will probably last my time. It has gone on a long time, and is likely to go on still.”

Thinking Men Long Stills Lasts Gone Goes On Long Time My Time

Book:Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market

Source: Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market

“The characteristic danger of great nations, like the Romans or the English which have a long history of continuous creation, is that they may at last fail from not comprehending the great institutions which they have created”

May Long Lasts Nations Failing Danger Creation Institutions Characteristics Great Nations Comprehending

Book:The Works and Life of Walter Bagehot

Source: The Works and Life of Walter Bagehot

“So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their judgment tells them it is unwise and their conscience that it is wrong.”

Ifs World Long Wish Fear Opinion Judgment Conscience Believer Judgement Earnest Unwise

Book:The Collected Works of Walter Bagehot: Miscellany

Source: The Collected Works of Walter Bagehot: Miscellany

“No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation.”

Long Stills Meditation Great Work Intervals Calming Musings Meditation Mind Meditation And Yoga Yoga Meditation

Book:The National Review

Source: The National Review

“Our law very often reminds one of those outskirts of cities where you cannot for a long time tell how the streets come to wind about in so capricious and serpent-like a manner. At last it strikes you that they grew up, house by house, on the devious tracks of the old green lanes; and if you follow on to the existing fields, you may often find the change half complete.”

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Book:The English Constitution: And Other Political Essays

Source: The English Constitution: And Other Political Essays

“So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable.”

Long War Nations Business Campaigns Temporary Tyrants Indispensable Despotism

Book:Physics and Politics: Or, Thoughts on the Application of the Principles of

Source: Physics and Politics: Or, Thoughts on the Application of the Principles of

“Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions. A Republic is a government in which that attention is divided between many, who are all doing uninteresting actions. Accordingly, so long as the human heart is strong and the human reason weak, Royalty will be strong because it appeals to diffused feeling, and Republics weak because they appeal to the understanding.”