Although in Cabinet all its members stand on an equal footing, speak with equal voices and, on the rare occasions when a division is taken, are counted on the fraternal principle of one man, one vote, yet the head of the Cabinet is primus inter pares, and occupies a position which, so long as it lasts, is one of exceptional and peculiar authority.


Walpole (1889)

John Morley Quotes

Although in Cabinet all its members stand on an equal footing, speak with equal voices and, on the rare occasions when a division is taken, are...

Although in Cabinet all its members stand on an equal footing, speak with equal voices and, on the rare occasions when a division is taken, are...

Although in Cabinet all its members stand on an equal footing, speak with equal voices and, on the rare occasions when a division is taken, are...

Although in Cabinet all its members stand on an equal footing, speak with equal voices and, on the rare occasions when a division is taken, are...