Quotation

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"There are two elements of the Constitution:" wrote Walter Bagehot in 1867. "The efficient and the dignified. Which is the monarch? Your Royal Highness? - The dignified? Very good. The efficient has the power to make and execute policy and is answerable to the electorate. What touches all should be approved by all. The dignified gives significance and legitimacy to the efficient and is answerable only? - To God. Precisely. Two institutions, Crown and government, dignified and the efficient, only work when they support each other. When they trust one another. You can underline that. - Do you teach this to your other pupils? No, just you. This is what I teach them. These are exam papers. - Shouldn't I know all of this, too? No, Ma'am. All very undignified.