"Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison."
-Walter Bagehot
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"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.“
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"One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea."
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"The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards."
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