Creative Quotations from . . .
Walter Bagehot
(1826-1877) born on Feb 03
English "economist, editor, critic, analyst". "He founded and edited "The Economist" 1860-77; wrote "English Constitution," 1867."
 
   
F
A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault."

R
"A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilisation; like the gentle air of a genial climate, it is a perpetual minute enjoyment."
A
A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.
N
"A bureaucracy is sure to think that its duty is to augment official power, official business, or official members, rather than to leave free the energies of mankind; it overdoes the quantity of government, as well as impairs its quality."
K
A family on the throne is an interesting idea. . . . It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.
 
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Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994."
R: ""The Waverley Novels" (1858; repr. in Literary Studies, vol. 2, 1878)."
A: "Biographical Studies, "The Character of Sir Robert Peel" (1856)."
N: "The English Constitution, ch. 6 (1867)."
K: "The English Constitution, ch. 2 (1867)."
   



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