Edward Banfield

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    We take along a carrot
    As refreshment for the parrot,
    And a little can of jungleberry tea.
    —Charles Edward Carryl (1841–1920)

    Every political system is an accumulation of habits, customs, prejudices, and principles that have survived a long process of trial and error and of ceaseless response to changing circumstances. If the system works well on the whole, it is a lucky accident—the luckiest, indeed, that can befall a society.
    —Edward C. Banfield (b. 1916)