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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

“But of all nations in the world the English are perhaps the least a nation of pure philosophers.”

World Nations Pure Philosopher

Book:The English Constitution: And Other Political Essays

Source: The English Constitution: And Other Political Essays

“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.”

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Book:The Collected Works of Walter Bagehot: Miscellany

Source: The Collected Works of Walter Bagehot: Miscellany

“I'm not the kind of writer who's able to block out the world around me. I'm mindful of our own haves and have-nots, how our culture often blames and punishes the have-nots. I worry about our precarious economic and political climate.”

World Kind Able Political Culture Worry Economic Blame Climate Block Precarious Haves And Have Nots

Author:Walter Bagehot

“History is strewn with the wrecks of nations which have gained a little progressiveness at the cost of a great deal of hard manliness, and have thus prepared themselves for destruction as soon as the movements of the world have a chance for it.”

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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

“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.”

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Author:Walter Bagehot

“Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world.”

World War Hard Virtue Military Beats Impact Missionary Conquest Valor Meanness

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

“In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the strongest tend to be the best.”

World States Certain Nations Particular Being The Best Strongest

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