Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.

Quote by Walter Bagehot

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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us...

Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us...

Life is a school of probability.

Life is a school of probability.

Money is economic power

Money is economic power

Business is really more agreeable than pleasure; it interests the whole mind ... more deeply....

Business is really more agreeable than pleasure; it interests the whole mind ... more deeply....

In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail...

In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail...

A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault.

A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault.

The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will...

The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will...

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be...

It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be...

A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.

A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.

A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.

A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.

Woman absent is woman dead.

Woman absent is woman dead.

A bureaucracy is sure to think that its duty is to augment official power, official...

A bureaucracy is sure to think that its duty is to augment official power, official...

The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people...

The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people...

The real essence of work is concentrated energy.

The real essence of work is concentrated energy.

So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to...

So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to...

You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is...

You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is...

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

He (Thomas Paine) saw oppression on every hand; injustice everywhere; hypocrisy at the altar; venality...

He (Thomas Paine) saw oppression on every hand; injustice everywhere; hypocrisy at the altar; venality...

Of all injustice, that is the greatest which goes under the name of law; and...

Of all injustice, that is the greatest which goes under the name of law; and...