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The English Constitution (1867)
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In such constitutions [as England's] there are two parts…first, those which excite and preserve the reverence of the population—the dignified parts…and next, the efficient parts—those by which it, in fact, works and rules.
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Whatever expenditure is sanctioned—even when it is sanctioned against the ministry's wish—the ministry must find the money. Accordingly, they have the strongest motive to oppose extra outlay.... The ministry is (so to speak) the breadwinner of the political family, and has to meet the cost of philanthropy and glory; just as the head of a family has to pay for the charities of his wife and the toilette of his daughters.
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The whole life of English politics is the action and reaction between the ministry and the parliament.
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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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Women—one half the human race at least—care fifty times more for a marriage than a ministry.
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Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.
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Born:
February 3, 1826
Died:
March 24, 1877
(aged 51)
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