I think the monarchy today is. . . mildly interesting and largely harmless. I can't find I can get very heated about it. In… — Hilary Mantel 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
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
It would be interesting to go to Buckingham Palace. I'd just like to see what goes on - I'm not bothered about… — Pauline Quirke Copy Share Image
A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic… — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
Men write many fine and plausible arguments in support of monarchy, but the fact remains that where every man has a voice,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I believe that the visit of the Queen to the United States is an admirable occasion to produce an historical, truthful, sincere,… — Malcolm Muggeridge Copy Share Image
I'm the Duke of Riverside. I build things here and pretty much keep the peace, and discourage certain behaviors. If you think… — Ellen Kushner Copy Share Image
In the various states of society, armies are recruited from very different motives. Barbarians are urged by the love of war; the… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Britain has had some very strong and successful queens throughout history, but, since the Act of Succession in 1701, they have only… — Penny Junor 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
“Thatcher once said that if she were a visitor from Mars required to create a constitutional system, "I would set up ...… — Sally Bedell Smith Copy Share Image
“There is something exceedingly ridiculous in the composition of monarchy; it first excludes a man from the means of information, yet empowers… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“The truth unquestionably is, that the only path to a subversion of the republican system of the Country is, by flattering the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I am not in favour of hierarchies that grant privileges to members who fail to uphold those values - there are plenty… — Richard Coles 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
Strip the human race, absolutely naked, and it would be a real democracy. But the introduction of even a rag of tiger… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
If you aim at a Scottish presbytery, it agreeth as well with monarchy, as God and the devil. ... No bishop, no… — King James I Copy Share Image
Historic Royal Palaces is an independent charity without funding from the royal family or the government. But I have met the Queen,… — Lucy Worsley Copy Share Image
Those who imagine that a politician would make a better figurehead than a hereditary monarch might perhaps make the acquaintance of more… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I would gladly chastise those who represent things as different from what they are. Those who steal property or make counterfeit money… — Elizabeth I 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
“Suspicious princes often promote the last of mankind from a vain persuasion, that those who have no dependence, except on their favour,… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The idea that each corporation can be a feudal monarchy and yet behave in its corporate action like a democratic citizen concerned… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Absolute monarchy may indeed be the most efficient system the world has ever known, but we had better wait for the absolute… — Kenneth O. Gangel 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
Stop asking yourself questions that have no meaning. Or if they have, you'll find out when you need to -- find out… — Thomas Merton 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
When a government lasts a long while, it deteriorates by insensible degrees. Republics end through luxury, monarchies through poverty. — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
Most people think that there is a monarchy, where God is the king and we are the subjects, and the subjects are… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
As virtue is necessary in a republic, and honor in a monarchy, fear is what is required in a despotism. As for… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
I don't fly any awards at the house. Any award you get is usually for something you've done in the past. And… — Garth Brooks Copy Share Image
All government is an evil, but, of the two form's of that evil, democracy or monarchy, the sounder is monarchy; the more… — Benjamin Haydon Copy Share Image
Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions…there was never a country where the majority of the people were in their secret hearts loyal to any… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
You are apprehensive of monarchy; I, of aristocracy. I would therefore have given more power to the President and less to the… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Democracy is something America has never really practiced. Because the Founding Fathers hated two things: monarchy and democracy. They wanted a republic,… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
My telephone calls and meetings and decisions were now parts of a prescribed ritual aimed at making peace with the past; his… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
The Emperor Napoleon, ascending gradually from his post of national magistrate to seat himself upon a throne without limits, seems to have… — Marquis de Lafayette Copy Share Image
The most common of all antagonisms arises from a man's taking a seat beside you on the train, a seat to which… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
I grew up between the two world wars and received a rather solid general education, the kind middle class children enjoyed in… — George Andrew Olah Copy Share Image
