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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

“The caucus is a sort of representative meeting which sits voting and voting till they have cut out all the known men against whom much is to be said, and agreed on some unknown man against whom there is nothing known, and therefore nothing to be alleged.”

Men Said Known Cutting Meetings Voting Representatives Caucus

Book:The English Constitution: And Other Political Essays

Source: The English Constitution: And Other Political Essays

“It has been said that England invented the phrase, 'Her Majesty's Opposition'.”

Has Beens Said England Phrases Opposition Majesty

Author:Walter Bagehot

“It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations.”

Men Said Would Be Imagination Weakness

Book:The English Constitution: And Other Political Essays

Source: The English Constitution: And Other Political Essays

“Go ahead and do the impossible. It's worth the look on the faces of those who said you couldn't.”

Looks Said Faces Impossible

Author:Walter Bagehot

“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.”

Looks Said House Lord Institutions Critics Cures Fierce Severe Parliament Admiring Unfriendly House Of Lords

Author:Walter Bagehot

“It has been said that England invented the phrase, 'Her Majesty's Opposition'; that it was the first government which made a criticism of administration as much a part of the polity as administration itself. This critical opposition is the consequence of cabinet government.”

Firsts Has Beens Made Said Government Consequence Criticism England Critical Administration Phrases Opposition Majesty Cabinets

Author:Walter Bagehot