The Emperor Napoleon, ascending gradually from his post of national magistrate to seat himself upon a throne without limits, seems to have… — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
“Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all of which may be guides to… — Sir Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“There is no difference between the principles, policies and practical results of socialism—and those of any historical or prehistorical tyranny. Socialism is… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Wealth held by a class and used ambitiously becomes as despotic as an absolute monarchy, and has in its hands manners, customs,… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“Man is born free but is everywhere in chains,” wrote Jean-Jacques Rousseau in The Social Contract in 1762. A generation of crusading… — Tom Reiss Copy Share Image
“With France as she is, poor and unarmed, war means defeat. Defeat means either a military dictator who will salvage what he… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation, all which may be guides to an… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
“All power has its derivation from God; the Russian Czar, however, was granted a special significance distinguishing him from the rest of… — Mikhail Nikiforovich Katkov Copy Share Image
“The founders of Freemasonry—whoever they were—were certainly aware of the history of the Templars, and they were clearly inspired by Templar ideals:… — Mark E. Kolko-Rivera Copy Share Image
I cannot help concurring with the opinion that an absolute democracy, no more than absolute monarchy, is to be reckoned among the… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“bitch power is the juice, the sweat, the blood that keeps pop music going. Rick James helped me understand the lesson of… — Rob Sheffield Copy Share Image
“When you set aside mere names & come down to realities, you find that we are ruled by a King just as… — Arthur L. Scott Copy Share Image
“Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all which may be guides to an… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
To resume, in a few words, the system of the Imperial government, as it was instituted by Augustus, and maintained by those… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“Wherever, therefore, any number of men so unite into one society, as to quit everyone his executive power of the law of… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Absolute monarchy,... is the easiest death, the true Euthanasia of the BRITISH constitution. — David Hume Copy Share Image
“Her profession? Ah! as to that, English readers, try not to be too severe. Russia is a great, but hard mistress, who… — Emmuska Orczy Copy Share Image
An absolute monarchy is one in which the sovereign does as he pleases so long as he pleases the assassins. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
America is not a democracy, it's an absolute monarchy ruled by King Kid. In a nation of immigrants, the child is automatically… — Florence King Copy Share Image
“Absolute monarchy may indeed be the most efficient system the world has ever known, but we had better wait for the absolute… — Kenneth O. Gangel Copy Share Image
“America posed a deeply interesting question to any Frenchmen with a political curiosity to ask it. How had Americans launched a revolution… — Alan James Ryan Copy Share Image
