The Sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, three rights - the right to be consulted, the right to encourage,… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
In Georgia, where I spend much time, the democratically elected pro-western President Mikhail Saakashvili has been beleaguered by a riotous opposition which… — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
I have only met Prince Charles once, when he was very charming and easy to chat to. I have always had a… — Tim Pigott-Smith Copy Share Image
The State, every government whatever its form, character or color - be it absolute or constitutional, monarchy or republic, Fascist, Nazi or… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
A constitutional monarchy requires the monarch to be above politics but to be fully informed about politics. — Jacob Rees-Mogg Copy Share Image
“Jefferson's ambivalence toward the French Revolution matters. As a key founder of the American republic, he bridges the moderate and radical Enlightenments.… — Kim R. Holmes Copy Share Image
We are a constitutional monarchy. I don't order laws, I propose them. Article 35 of our constitution states that the king can… — Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Copy Share Image
In a democracy, every ordinary citizen is effectively a king--but a king in a constitutional democracy, a monarch who decides only formally,… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy - "A republic," replied the Doctor,… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
My father established the first women's university in the kingdom, abolished slavery, and tried to establish a constitutional monarchy that separates the… — Basmah bint Saud Copy Share Image
The fundamental difference between Islamic government, on the one hand, and constitutional monarchy and republics, on the other, is this: whereas the… — Ruhollah Khomeini Copy Share Image
“Moral spontaneity" corresponds entirely with "religious and orthodox philosophy", "constitutional monarchy", "the Christian state", "freedom with certain limits", or in a figure,… — Max Stirner Copy Share Image
“It would mean Morny had no loyalty at all to Louis XVIII or the constitutional monarchy or anything else he has swon… — Lynn Messina Copy Share Image
“Some roles have no functions other than this symbolic representation of the institutional order as an integrated totality, others take on this… — Peter L. Berger Copy Share Image
Where men are forbidden to honour a king, they honor millionaires, athletes, or film stars instead; even famous prostitutes or gangsters. For… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
A princely marriage is the brilliant edition of a universal fact, and, as such, it rivets mankind. — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
Can we say that the constitutional monarchies in Spain, Belgium or England are democratic? Those with superior chambers like the House of… — Alejandro Castro Espin Copy Share Image
“Even if you hadn't entirely deposed (and possibly killed) not one but two governments and destabilized all sorts of political regions you… — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
Monarchy can easily be "debunked," but watch the faces, mark well the debunkers. These are the men whose taproot in Eden has… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I want self-determination. If that means having a constitutional monarchy as the first step, fine. But, in the end, people in Bahrain… — Zainab al-Khawaja Copy Share Image
To decide once every few years which members of the ruling class is to repress and crush the people through parliament-this is… — Vladimir Lenin Copy Share Image
It’s unlikely to change – there’s nothing in King Salman’s past as governor of Riyadh for about forty years that suggests that… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
Americans also seem to believe that the monarchy is a kind of mediaeval hangover, encumbered by premodern notions of decorum; the reality… — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
What royal families are very good at doing is surviving and reinventing themselves. That's true whether it's a constitutional monarchy in Britain… — Robert Lacey Copy Share Image
“The revolutionary tradition with its concepts of democracy, the pursuit of liberty, and equality moved quickly from the economically developed and politically… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
