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... the chance of responsibility , a first - rate man will not care to take the place , and will not do much if he does take it . To belong to a debating society adhering to an executive ( and this is no THE CABINET . 27.
... the chance of responsibility , a first - rate man will not care to take the place , and will not do much if he does take it . To belong to a debating society adhering to an executive ( and this is no THE CABINET . 27.
Page 28
Walter Bagehot. society adhering to an executive ( and this is no inapt description of a congress under a presidential constitu- tion ) is not an object to stir a noble ambition , and is a position to encourage idleness . The members of ...
Walter Bagehot. society adhering to an executive ( and this is no inapt description of a congress under a presidential constitu- tion ) is not an object to stir a noble ambition , and is a position to encourage idleness . The members of ...
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... society . We have simply no notion what it would be to be left with the visible sovereignty in the hands of an unknown man . The notion of employing a man of unknown smallness at a crisis of unknown great- * The framers of the ...
... society . We have simply no notion what it would be to be left with the visible sovereignty in the hands of an unknown man . The notion of employing a man of unknown smallness at a crisis of unknown great- * The framers of the ...
Page 36
... executive functions , then few in number , which the society re- quires , are either performed or directed . His personal ascendancy - derived from divine countenance bestowed both upon himself 36 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION .
... executive functions , then few in number , which the society re- quires , are either performed or directed . His personal ascendancy - derived from divine countenance bestowed both upon himself 36 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION .
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... society . If she did not exist the Prime Minister would be the first person in the country He and his wife would have to receive foreign ministers , and occasionally foreign princes , to give the first parties in the country ; he and ...
... society . If she did not exist the Prime Minister would be the first person in the country He and his wife would have to receive foreign ministers , and occasionally foreign princes , to give the first parties in the country ; he and ...
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