The worst that can happen under monarchy is rule by a single imbecile, but democracy often means the rule by an assembly… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
I think if the monarchy were removed tomorrow, it wouldn't have a huge effect on the national mind-set. — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
But for all those who don't want the Queen there are easily as many who don't want a President and even more… — Dalton Camp Copy Share Image
A monarchy is like a man-of-war--bad shots between wind and water hurt it exceedingly; there is danger of capsizing. But democracy is… — Joseph Cook Copy Share Image
Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
Alligator: The crocodile of America, superior in every detail to the crocodile of the effete monarchies of the Old World. — Ambrose Bierce 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
I believe that the royal family are a focus of patriotism, of loyalty, of affection and of esteem. That is a rare… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Technically, the city of Ankh-Morpork is a Tyranny, which is not always the same thing as a monarchy, and in fact even… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
In the second century of the Christian era, the Empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
I tend to be a bit of a proselytiser for the importance of royal courts, but all politics - in fact every… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
The king, just and prudent, wants only those things which he can get. — Pierre Corneille Copy Share Image
I regret the unhappiness of princes who are slaves to forms and fettered by caution. — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
Nothing is more deceptive or more dangerous than the pretence of a desire to simplify government. The simplest governments are despotisms; the… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
“It was pitiful for a person born in a wholesome free atmosphere to listen to their humble and hearty outpourings of loyalty… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“We are the bourgeoisie—the third estate, as they call us now—and what we want is a nobility of merit, nothing more. We… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit… — John Adams 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
“In examining the division of powers, as established by the Federal Constitution, remarking on the one hand the portion of sovereignty which… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
It is clear that in a monarchy, where he who commands the exceution of the laws generally thinks himself above them, there… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
If a nation does not want a monarchy, change the nation's mind. If a nation does not need a monarchy, change the… — Jan Smuts Copy Share Image
Americans love to mock the idea of monarchy, and yet we have our own de facto monarchy. I think what these leaks… — Glenn Greenwald 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
“The modern absolutism, which we find the most natural thing in the world, would have been quite beyond the dreams of the… — Bertrand De Jouvenel Copy Share Image
