And who they apply to. What the English were good at, prior to the "Glorious Revolution," was that nobody was above the law, including the King. Once Parliament saw fit to place themselves above it it's been all downhill.

The unholy marriage between them and the Dutch East India Company's power base certainly didn't help anything either.

I'd dare say that if not for the Glorious Revolution it's unclear that the American revolution would have been necessary.