Never was monarch better feared and loved Than is your Majesty. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Power makes you a monarch, and all the fancy robes in the world won't do the job without it. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
What I see is a grown-up recognition of democracy in this country, that we still have a monarch that plays his part. — Lindsay Hoyle Copy Share Image
“My care is like my shadow in the sun, Follows me flying, flies when I pursue it, Stands and lies by me,… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
Nature rejects the monarch, not the man; the subject, not the citizen... The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys. — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
Elizabeth I was my favourite monarch though, what an inspiration, she did great things for women. — Kirsty Gallacher Copy Share Image
“Its monarch, the ManiKongo, was chosen by an assembly of clan leaders. Like his European counterparts, he” — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
A monarch should be ever intent on conquest, lest his neighbours rise in arms against him. — Akbar Copy Share Image
The President wants me to argue that he is as powerful a monarch as Louis XIV, only four years at a time,… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Hercules King of Rome and of Annemark, three times one surnamed de Gaulle will lead, Italy and the one of St. Mark… — Nostradamus Copy Share Image
I had no monarch in my life, and cannot rule myself; and when I try to organize, my little force explodes and… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
“Perhaps he saw it as a demonstration of the power of the state—all that military might being displayed in honour of the… — Joanna Chambers Copy Share Image
“Richard III was the last English monarch to die in battle. Shakespeare gave him the words that made him immortal: “My kingdom… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
Clemency is the surest proof of a true monarch. [Fr., La clemence est la plus belle marque Qui fasse a l'univers connaitre… — Pierre Corneille Copy Share Image
For, what is a family without a steward, a ship without a pilot, a flock without a shepherd, a body without a… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
Like the Elizabeth I play, Queen Elizabeth is a monarch who actually moves with the times. She gets new information, assimilates it,… — Samuel Barnett Copy Share Image
“You must never forget that dealing with a monarch is not like dealing with an ordinary man,” Ibn Sina said. “A king… — Noah Gordon Copy Share Image
Sectarian divide has created a schism in our society that is a major challenge. As monarch of all Bahrainis, it pains me… — Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Copy Share Image
The the relationship between the prime minister and the monarch is very much a personal one and when it comes to the… — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
“As with their fashions, so is it with their customs and style of living: French manners change with the age of the… — Montesquieu Copy Share Image
In Mesopotamia or Egypt, for example, the monarch had a god-like religious status. But this is not the case in Judaism. So… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
“There was nothing the least bit radical about her. In fact, she was the most conventional creature alive. She believed in true… — Lauren Willig Copy Share Image
“The sign of a good leader is easy to recognize, though it is hardly ever seen. For the greatest leaders are those… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Please take good care of it all, OK? Be an enlightened monarch who treats your domain with reverent responsibility. And make sure… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
“They sighed: "This leadeth to captivity-- Perchance destruction, ending dark and dire. Yet must we yield to human liberty Its own, e'en… — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
“The advantages of a hereditary Monarchy are self-evident. Without some such method of prescriptive, immediate and automatic succession, an interregnum intervenes, rival… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I am acting, then," continued Alexander, "only on the defensive. The gods, who always favor the right, have given me the victory.… — Jacob Abbott Copy Share Image
“Her manifold ills were summed up in the King. Since the Valois, she had had no monarch so worthless. He did not… — Francis Parkman Copy Share Image
“Not one word was said by Moses or Aaron as to the wickedness of depriving a human being of his liberty. Not… — Robert G. Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“Imagine that the whole world belongs to you. The birch trees in New Hampshire's White Mountains are yours, and so are the… — Rob Brezsny Copy Share Image
A monarch must sometimes rule even himself: he who wants everything must risk very little. — Pierre Corneille 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
A monarch’s neck should always have a noose around it—it keeps him upright. — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne. — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image