No man has come so near our definition of a constitutional statesman - the powers of a first-rate man and the creed of a second-rate man.
Source: Historical Essays, 'The Character of Sir Robert Peel'
-- Walter Bagehot, (Feb 3 1826-1877), English economist, editor, critic, analyst; He founded and edited The Economist 1860-77; wrote English Constitution, 1867.