...as much a part of the polity as administration itself. This critical opposition is the consequence of cabinet government. The great scene of debate,...legislative assembly. A speech there by an eminent * I leave this passage to stand as it was written, just after the assassination of Mr. Lincoln, and...

...as much a part of the polity as administration itself. This critical opposition is the consequence of cabinet government. The great scene of debate,...legislative assembly. A speech there 'by an eminent * I leave this passage to stand as it was written, just after the assassination of Mr. Lincoln, and...

...part of the polity as administration itself. This critical opposition is the consequence of ealanet government. The great scene of debate, the great engine...legislative assembly. A speech there by an eminent * I leave this passage to stand as it was written, just after the assassination of Mr. Lincoln, and...

...well as an executive which is a nominee of the legislature." " Cabinet government educates the nation. The great scene of debate, the great engine of popular...instruction and political controversy, is the legislative body. A speech there, by an eminent statesman, a party movement by a great political combination, are...

...every one who has a grievance, more especially by the aristocracy. Nevertheless, with all its faults, " the great scene of debate, the great engine of popular...political combination, are the best means yet known of arousing, enlightening, and teaching a people." * The Executive have neither individually nor collectively...

...rather than presidential system of government because Parliament had the useful junction ofservingas "the great scene of debate, the great engine of popular instruction and political controversy. "* In his final major work, Physics and Politics (1872), he went so far as to praise "government by...

...systems performed the educative functions of government less well. In Britain the legislative body was 'the great scene of debate, the great engine of popular instruction and political controversy', but in the United States, public opinion and political engagement were weak because the legislative...

...element of individuality. As Mr. Bagehot has it : " This critical oppo...J sition is the consequence of cabinet government. The great scene of debate, the great engine of popular instruction and controversy, is the legislative assembly. A speech there by an eminent statesman, a party movement...