Monarchy Quotes · Page 4

The joke newspaper, it says Canada abandons the monarchy.

— Mark McKinney

And fearless minds climb soonest unto crowns.

— William Shakespeare

Abolish the monarchy. That is my populist take.

— Steve Hilton

“Sasanian monarchy and the fabled Kayanid”

— Tom Holland

The monarchy unites us; the republic would divide us.

— Francesco Crispi

Every subject's duty is the Kings, but every subject's soul is his own.

— William Shakespeare

“The monarchy continued this tradition, and it migrated to America as soon as there was profit to be had.”

— Andrew P. Napolitano

It is an imprudence common to kings to listen to too much advice and to err in their choice.

— Pierre Corneille

If a nation does not want a monarchy, change the nation's mind. If a nation does not need a monarchy, change the…

— Jan Smuts

I think if the monarchy were removed tomorrow, it wouldn't have a huge effect on the national mind-set.

— Hilary Mantel

A man's a man. But when you see a king, you see the work of many thousand men.

— George Eliot

Oligopoly is an imperfect monopoly. Like the despotism of the Dual Monarchy, it is saved only by its incompetence.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.

— Baron de Montesquieu

I can only perceive the royal family as an entity historically. I think I know more about the royal family from the…

— Naveen Andrews

Although my royal rank causes me to doubt whether my kingdom is not more sought after than myself, yet I understand that…

— Elizabeth I

I believe that many people have forgotten what their roots are. This is one of the advantages of countries with a monarchy.…

— Margrethe II of Denmark

The mystic reverence, the religious allegiance, which are essential to a true monarchy, are imaginative sentiments that no legislature can manufacture in…

— Walter Bagehot

Fear and monarchy pair nicely. But democracy means you have to work with people you may not like but you must still…

— Martha Nussbaum

God himself, with reverence be it spoken, is not an absolute but a limited monarch, limited by the rule which infinite wisdom…

— Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

“[M]onarchy was, or ought to be, not so much absolute as mitigated by the principle of ius politicum , supporting a mixed…

— Patrick Collinson

A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends…

— James F. Cooper

“Contrary to the myth that the British Royals were no longer all-powerful, it was common knowledge within Omega and other organizations in…

— James Morcan

I'm hard-nosed about luck. I think it sucks. Yeah, if you spend seven years looking for a job as a copywriter, and…

— Jerry Della Femina

There are still two forms besides democracy and oligarchy; one of them is universally recognized and included among the four principal forms…

— Aristotle

It's the circumstances of popular monarchy, the manner in which it's developed, and it is also the fault of the people who…

— Malcolm Muggeridge

These, then, are the four kinds of royalty. First the monarchy of the heroic ages; this was exercised over voluntary subjects, but…

— Aristotle

We have a huge institution that celebrates the undistinguished, an institution which is nearly as old as the Papists. It's been going…

— Martin Amis

Have a care over my people. You have my people--do you that which I ought to do. They are my people… See…

— Elizabeth I

We do not always appreciate the role the Queen has played in one of the most significant changes in the past 60…

— Jonathan Sacks

“In examining the division of powers, as established by the Federal Constitution, remarking on the one hand the portion of sovereignty which…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“Those then, who resist a confirmation of public order, are the true Artificers of monarchy—not that this is the intention of the…

— Alexander Hamilton

“Menestheus, the son of Peteus, grandson of Orneus, and the great-grandson to Erechtheus, the first man that is recorded to have affected…

— Plutarch

Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos.

— Polybius

The people under our system, like the king in a monarchy, never dies.

— Martin Van Buren

I always believe the rule by king or official leader is outdated. Now we must catch up with the modern world.

— Dalai Lama

The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of…

— Benjamin Whichcote

I don't think a monarchy led by 75- and 80-year-old men [Saudi Arabia] in today's modern world is really sustainable.

— Thomas Friedman

The monarchy needs publicity: they must be seen to be relevant. Unfortunately, they can't just lead quiet lives.

— Penny Junor

“Sometimes I wish we could hear of a country that’s out of kings.”

— Mark Twain

Anything that one imagines of God apart from Christ is only useless thinking and vain idolatry.

— Martin Luther