The characteristic merit of the English constitutions is, that its dignified parts are very complicated and somewhat imposing, very old and rather venerable, while its efficient part, at least when in great and critical action, is decidedly simple and modern.
Walter BagehotNot only does a bureaucracy tend to under-government in point of quality; it tends to over-government in point of quantity.
Walter BagehotA constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.
Walter Bagehot