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> [Anyone who has walked through the deserted palaces of Versailles or Vienna realise how much of a part of the life of a nation is lost when a monarchy is abolished. If buckingham palace and windsor castle were transformed into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-rees-mogg/anyone-who-has-walked-through-the-deserted-palaces-of-versailles-or/)

[William Rees-Mogg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-rees-mogg/)

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## More by William Rees-Mogg

> [Anyone who has walked through the deserted palaces of Versailles or Vienna realise how much of a part of the life of a nation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-rees-mogg/anyone-who-has-walked-through-the-deserted-palaces-of-versailles-or/)

[William Rees-Mogg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-rees-mogg/)

> [The United States may have retained more of the intellectual imprint of the British 18th century than Britain itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-rees-mogg/the-united-states-may-have-retained-more-of-the-intellectual-imprint/)

[William Rees-Mogg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-rees-mogg/)

> [John Prescott has made the government look greedy and ridiculous. Labour is seen as the corrupt party. The government has been fulfilling the old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-rees-mogg/john-prescott-has-made-the-government-look-greedy-and-ridiculous/)

[William Rees-Mogg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-rees-mogg/)

> [Governments lie; bankers lie; even auditors sometimes lie: gold tells the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-rees-mogg/governments-lie-bankers-lie-even-auditors-sometimes-lie-gold-tells/)

[William Rees-Mogg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-rees-mogg/)

> [The Treasury model of the economy has been pretty well wrong on everything for many years](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-rees-mogg/the-treasury-model-of-the-economy-has-been-pretty-well-wrong-on/)

[William Rees-Mogg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-rees-mogg/)

> [Lord Rees-Mogg argues that the time for reconciliation in Tibet is passing with the looming departure of its spiritual leader.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-rees-mogg/lord-rees-mogg-argues-that-the-time-for-reconciliation-in-tibet-is/)

[William Rees-Mogg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-rees-mogg/)

> [War on the cheap is always a rotten policy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-rees-mogg/war-on-the-cheap-is-always-a-rotten-policy/)

[William Rees-Mogg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-rees-mogg/)

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