Under a Presidential government, a nation has, except at the electing moment, no influence; it has not the ballot-box before it; its virtue is gone, and it must wait till its instant of despotism again returns.

Quote by Walter Bagehot

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A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was...

A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was...

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...

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why...

Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why...

Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why...

Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why...

An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.

An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.

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...

What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind.

What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind.

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 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...

In the faculty of writing nonsense, stupidity is no match for genius.

In the faculty of writing nonsense, stupidity is no match for genius.

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...

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...

All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the...

All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the...

Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.

Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.

Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.

Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.

A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilization; like...

A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilization; like...

Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women...

Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women...

No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of...

No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of...