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Magna Carta is presented as a recurring British pattern made durable: nobles rebel against overcentralizing kings, force compromise, and turn the compromise into written tradition.
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Magna Carta is presented as a recurring British pattern made durable: nobles rebel against overcentralizing kings, force compromise, and turn the compromise into written tradition.
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Royal power in Britain is flexible because the constitution is traditional and unwritten; actual power depends on personality, charisma, alliances, longevity, and political circumstance.
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"A lot has to do with the fact that English is easy to learn, and therefore it's easier to spread soft power. Because when..."
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"This will become part of what we call the British Constitution. What makes the British Constitution unique is it's not written down. It's not..."
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"But hey, go to, I don't know, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas. They're not very tolerant people, okay? And you can make the argument that they..."
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"To be flexible and to be pertinent to the present. Okay? And so the English are extremely proud of their constitution. Does that make..."
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"...Carthage. They will study the Dutch Republic. They will study the British Constitution. Okay? And by studying these classics, they will come to a..."
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Britain becomes empire not because it begins powerful, but because it begins divided, poor, exposed, and forced to change.
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