Walter Bagehot

Money is economic power.

Walter Bagehot

Nations touch at their summits.

Walter Bagehot

Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.

Walter Bagehot

Persecution in intellectual countries produces a superficial conformity, but also underneath an intense, incessant, implacable doubt.

Walter Bagehot

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

Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men’s thoughts, to speak other men’s words, to follow other men’s habits.

Walter Bagehot

Stupidity is nature’s favorite resource for preserving consistency of opinion.

Walter Bagehot

The real essence of work is concentrated energy.

Walter Bagehot

The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.

Walter Bagehot

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

Walter Bagehot