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... speak to and interest all mankind . And every incident in this part of American financial history exemplifies the con- trast between a Parliamentary and a Presidential Govern- ment . The distinguishing quality of Parliamentary Govern ...
... speak to and interest all mankind . And every incident in this part of American financial history exemplifies the con- trast between a Parliamentary and a Presidential Govern- ment . The distinguishing quality of Parliamentary Govern ...
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... speak , and gives them occasions to speak . The deciding catastrophes of cabinet govern- ments are critical divisions preceded by fine discussions . Everything which is worth saying , everything which ought to be said , most certainly ...
... speak , and gives them occasions to speak . The deciding catastrophes of cabinet govern- ments are critical divisions preceded by fine discussions . Everything which is worth saying , everything which ought to be said , most certainly ...
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... speaking , in an electioneering country ( I mean in a country full of political life , and used to the manipulation of popular institutions ) , the election of candidates to elect candidates is a farce . The Electoral College of America ...
... speaking , in an electioneering country ( I mean in a country full of political life , and used to the manipulation of popular institutions ) , the election of candidates to elect candidates is a farce . The Electoral College of America ...
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... so a royal family sweetens politics by the seasonable addition of nice and pretty events . It introduces irrelevant facts into the s . It business of government , but they are facts which speak 38 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION .
... so a royal family sweetens politics by the seasonable addition of nice and pretty events . It introduces irrelevant facts into the s . It business of government , but they are facts which speak 38 THE ENGLISH CONSTITUTION .
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Walter Bagehot. business of government , but they are facts which speak to " men's bosoms " and employ their thoughts . To state the matter shortly , Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one ...
Walter Bagehot. business of government , but they are facts which speak to " men's bosoms " and employ their thoughts . To state the matter shortly , Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one ...
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