Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the voters discover they can vote themselves largesse… — Alexander Fraser Tytler 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
Some countries have a parliamentary republic, some are presidential republics and some are still monarchies, but no one sees them as not… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
Then this will only prove again and again, that Monarchy in Germany is he longer capable of a national act. — Ferdinand Lassalle Copy Share Image
Democratic governments are not suited to the publication of the thunderous revelations I am in the habit of making. The unpublished parts… — Salvador Dali Copy Share Image
No. I am not a royalist. Not at all. I am definitely a republican in the British sense of the word. I… — Daniel Radcliffe Copy Share Image
This rationale, which justified the mixed constitution of Great Britain, might have made some sense in 1776, but by 1787 most American… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
Some people think the NDP may want to get rid of the monarchy but I can assure you that that's absolutely not… — Jack Layton Copy Share Image
“So this is where all the vapid talk about the 'soul' of the universe is actually headed. Once the hard-won principles of… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
There has been a comparatively greater proportion of good queens, than of good kings. — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share Image
There is a close tie of affection between sovereigns and their subjects; and as chaste wives should have no eyes but for… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
The partial exception to our London-centric state institutions is the monarchy, which has always had peripatetic tendencies. — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
You can't have anything happening today within the petro-monarchies, is going to be too risky for the United States and the oil… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
“Had I realized while on Earth," he said, "that Hell was such a delightful place, I should have put more faith in… — Frederic Arnold Kummer Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
For every monarchy overthrown the sky becomes less brilliant, because it loses a star. A republic is ugliness set free. — Anatole France Copy Share Image
Anyone who has walked through the deserted palaces of Versailles or Vienna realise how much of a part of the life of… — William Rees-Mogg 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
Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos. — Polybius Copy Share Image
“For kings indeed we have, who wear the marks and assume the titles of royalty, but as for the qualities of their… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
You do now have one in three people, as shown by the famous Carlton Monarchy debate poll, saying they want to get… — Anthony Holden Copy Share Image
Hereditary monarchy offers numerous advantages for America. It is the only form of government able to unify a heterogeneous people. Thanks to… — Florence King Copy Share Image
