In happy states, the Conservative party must rule upon the whole a much longer time than their adversaries. In well-framed politics, innovation—great innovation that is—can only be occasional. If you are always altering your house, it is a sign either that you have a bad house, or that you have an excessively restless disposition—there is something wrong somewhere.


'The Chances for a Long Conservative Régime in England' (1874)

Walter Bagehot Quotes

In happy states, the Conservative party must rule upon the whole a much longer time than their adversaries. In well-framed politics,...

In happy states, the Conservative party must rule upon the whole a much longer time than their adversaries. In well-framed politics,...

In happy states, the Conservative party must rule upon the whole a much longer time than their adversaries. In well-framed politics,...

In happy states, the Conservative party must rule upon the whole a much longer time than their adversaries. In well-framed politics,...