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" It is said that at the end of the Cabinet which agreed to propose a fixed duty on corn, Lord Melbourne put his back to the door and said, 'Now is it to lower the price of corn or isn't it? It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say... "
The Works of Walter Bagehot ... - Página 62
por Walter Bagehot - 1891
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The English Constitution

Walter Bagehot - 1872 - 382 páginas
...where many speak and few listen — though no one knows.* * It is said that at the end of the cabinet which agreed to propose a fixed duty on corn, Lord...Melbourne put his back to the door, and said, " Now ia But a cabinet, though it is a committee of the legislative assembly, is a committee with a power...
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The English Constitution

Walter Bagehot - 1882 - 426 páginas
...where many speak and few listen — though no one knows.* * It is said that at the end of the cabinet which agreed to propose a fixed duty on corn, Lord...Melbourne put his back to the door and said, "Now is But a cabinet, though it is a committee of the legislative assembly, is a committee with a power which...
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The English Constitution : and Other Political Essays

Walter Bagehot - 1889 - 494 páginas
...where many speak and few listen — though no one knows.* * It is said that at the end of the cabinet which agreed to propose a fixed duty on corn, Lord Melbourne put bis back to tho door, and said, " Now is But a cabinet, though it is a committee of the legislative...
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The English Constitution, and Other Political Essays

Walter Bagehot - 1893 - 550 páginas
...was made, but it can unmake; it was derivative in its origin, but it is destructive in its action. it to lower the price of corn, or isn't it ? It is...a cabinet I ever heard, but I cannot vouch for its truth. Lord Melbourne's is a character about which men make stories. This fusion of the legislative...
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Governments and Parties in Continental Europe, Volumen1

Abbott Lawrence Lowell - 1896 - 402 páginas
...discussion on the question of changing the duty on corn, " Now is it to lower the price of corn, or is n't it ? It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say the same." 1 The statesmanship implied by this remark may not have been of the highest kind, but the politics...
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The English Constitution: A Commentary on Its Nature and Growth

Jesse Macy - 1896 - 570 páginas
...that it would increase the price, while the others thought it would diminish it. The Prime Minister put his back to the door, and said, " Now is it to...which we say, but mind, we must all say the same." i It matters not how greatly the Ministers may differ in their views in their secret meetings, in the...
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The Passing of Gladstone: His Life, Death, and Burial

1898 - 222 páginas
...graphic and authentic has ever been given. It has indeed been said that, at the end of the Cabinet which agreed to propose a fixed duty on corn, Lord...his back to the door and said, " Now, is it to lower price or isn't it ? It is not much matter which we say ; but, mind, we must all say the same" This...
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Universal Classics Library, Volumen12

1901 - 484 páginas
...and there are vestiges of doubt whether in ALL cases a •It is SAID that at the end of the cabinet which agreed to propose a fixed duty on corn, Lord...a cabinet I ever heard, but I cannot vouch for its truth. Lord Melbourne's is a character about which men make stories. sovereigfn is bound to dissolve...
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The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States

1901 - 486 páginas
...and there are vestiges of doubt whether in ALL cases a * It is SAID that at the end of the cabinet which agreed to propose a fixed duty on corn, Lord...a cabinet I ever heard, but I cannot vouch for its truth. Lord Melbourne's is a character about which men make stories. sovereign is bound to dissolve...
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Studies in Political and Social Ethics

David George Ritchie - 1902 - 256 páginas
...A Cabinet meeting had agreed to propose a fixed duty on corn. When the Ministers were rising to go, Lord Melbourne put his back to the door and said : " Now, is it to lower the price of corn, or is it not? It doesn't much matter which we say, but, mind, we must all say the same."1 Party cohesion...
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