Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

Walter Bagehot Economist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: England
  • Born: Feb 3, 1826
  • Died: Mar 24, 1877

Walter Bagehot was a British journalist, businessman, and essayist, who wrote extensively about government, economics, and literature.

So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable. war

The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards. history

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. great

A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life. family

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. nature

Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison. food

No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist. death