Walter Bagehot Quotes (28 quotations)
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1. A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault. - Walter Bagehot
2. A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people. - Walter Bagehot
3. All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape. - Walter Bagehot
4. An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind. - Walter Bagehot
5. An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to sacrifice his mind too - at least all the characteristics part of it that which is original and most his ownÉ. - Walter Bagehot
6. 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. - Walter Bagehot
7. Efficiency in an assembly requires a solid mass of steady votes; and these are collected by a deferential attachment to particular men, or by a belief in the principles that those men represent, and they are maintained by fear of those men - by the fear that if you vote against them, you may soon yourself have no vote at all. - Walter Bagehot
8. Honor sinks where commerce long prevails. - Walter Bagehot
9. I started out by believing God for a newer car than the one I was driving. I started out believing God for a nicer apartment than I had. Then I moved up. - Walter Bagehot
10. It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations. - Walter Bagehot
11. No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist. - Walter Bagehot
12. One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. - Walter Bagehot
13. Open-mindedness should not be fostered because, as Scripture teaches, Truth is great and will prevail, nor because, as Milton suggests, Truth will always win in a free and open encounter. It should be fostered for its own sake. - Walter Bagehot
14. Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell. - Walter Bagehot
15. Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions. A Republic is a government in which that attention is divided between many, who are all doing uninteresting actions. Accordingly, so long as the human heart is strong and the human reason weak, Royalty will be strong because it appeals to diffused feeling, and Republics weak because they appeal to the understanding. - Walter Bagehot
16. Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger. - Walter Bagehot
17. The apparent rulers of the English nation are like the most imposing personages of the a splendid procession; it is by them that the mob are influenced; it is they who the inspectors cheer. The real rulers are secreted in second hand carriages; no one cares for them or asks about them, but they are obeyed implicitly and unconsciously by reason of the splendour of those who eclipsed and preceded them. - Walter Bagehot
18. The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will leap to a hasty opinion rather than undergo it. - Walter Bagehot
19. The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other. - Walter Bagehot
20. The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it. - Walter Bagehot
21. The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. - Walter Bagehot
22. The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be. - Walter Bagehot
23. The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. - Walter Bagehot
24. The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. - Walter Bagehot
25. The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people who write know anything. - Walter Bagehot
2. A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people. - Walter Bagehot
3. All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape. - Walter Bagehot
4. An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind. - Walter Bagehot
5. An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to sacrifice his mind too - at least all the characteristics part of it that which is original and most his ownÉ. - Walter Bagehot
6. 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. - Walter Bagehot
7. Efficiency in an assembly requires a solid mass of steady votes; and these are collected by a deferential attachment to particular men, or by a belief in the principles that those men represent, and they are maintained by fear of those men - by the fear that if you vote against them, you may soon yourself have no vote at all. - Walter Bagehot
8. Honor sinks where commerce long prevails. - Walter Bagehot
9. I started out by believing God for a newer car than the one I was driving. I started out believing God for a nicer apartment than I had. Then I moved up. - Walter Bagehot
10. It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations. - Walter Bagehot
11. No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist. - Walter Bagehot
12. One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. - Walter Bagehot
13. Open-mindedness should not be fostered because, as Scripture teaches, Truth is great and will prevail, nor because, as Milton suggests, Truth will always win in a free and open encounter. It should be fostered for its own sake. - Walter Bagehot
14. Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell. - Walter Bagehot
15. Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions. A Republic is a government in which that attention is divided between many, who are all doing uninteresting actions. Accordingly, so long as the human heart is strong and the human reason weak, Royalty will be strong because it appeals to diffused feeling, and Republics weak because they appeal to the understanding. - Walter Bagehot
16. Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger. - Walter Bagehot
17. The apparent rulers of the English nation are like the most imposing personages of the a splendid procession; it is by them that the mob are influenced; it is they who the inspectors cheer. The real rulers are secreted in second hand carriages; no one cares for them or asks about them, but they are obeyed implicitly and unconsciously by reason of the splendour of those who eclipsed and preceded them. - Walter Bagehot
18. The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will leap to a hasty opinion rather than undergo it. - Walter Bagehot
19. The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other. - Walter Bagehot
20. The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it. - Walter Bagehot
21. The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. - Walter Bagehot
22. The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be. - Walter Bagehot
23. The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. - Walter Bagehot
24. The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. - Walter Bagehot
25. The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people who write know anything. - Walter Bagehot
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