The revolution has overthrown the monarchy, true! But perhaps this means that the revolution simply has driven the skin disease inside the… — Maxim Gorky Copy Share Image
I love the Queen. I love the whole fairy tale of the Royal Family; the Crown Jewels; Buckingham Palace; the tourist attraction.… — Slowthai Copy Share Image
“The progress from an absolute to a limited monarchy, from a limited monarchy to a democracy, is a progress toward a true… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I'm not a republican any more. Not so voraciously anyway - I'm not in favour of the concept of monarchy, but I… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
All Governments rest mainly on public opinion, and to that of his own subjects every wise Sovereign will look. The opinion of… — Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon 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
I do not say that democracy has been more pernicious on the whole, and in the long run, than monarchy or aristocracy.… — John Adams Copy Share Image
From a monarchy followed by suffering under Communism, Ethiopians must be given the opportunity to flourish under the greatest of systems -… — Jack Kingston Copy Share Image
I simply make this point, that the monarchy in so far, as it is identified with what is, in my opinion, an… — Malcolm Muggeridge 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
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
One of the things about George III is that he was aware that the monarchy was slipping away. There was revolution in… — Nigel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I feel anxious for the fate of our monarchy, or democracy, or whatever is to take place. I soon get lost in… — Abigail Adams Copy Share Image
I came to realize that one single human being, comprehended in his depth, who gives generously from the treasures of his heart,… — Ernst Junger 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
“Rejoicing in his absolute authority, the single egoist will exploit it methodically, whereas a mêlée of egoists will bring about a ruinous… — Bertrand De Jouvenel Copy Share Image
The monarchy is thousands of years old and has experienced many things like 'The Crown' in the past. They're always changing and… — Claire Foy Copy Share Image
There is still another inconvenieney in conquests made by democracies; their government is ever odious to the conquered states. It is apparently… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
There is nothing in the world I hold in greater horror than to see a body moving against its head: and I… — Elizabeth I Copy Share Image
“A court is the most depressing place on earth. Wherever there is a throne, one may observe in rich detail every folly… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
In one sense it is evident that the art of kingship does include the art of lawmaking. But the political ideal is… — Plato Copy Share Image
Montesquieu well knew, and justly admired, the happy constitution of this country [Great Britain], where fixed and known laws equally restrain monarchy… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
I'm not a great fan of monarchy in general, but I have to say the Danish monarchy is closer to the people;… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
An occasional insurrection will not weigh against the inconveniences of a government of force, such as are monarchies and aristocracies. — Thomas Jefferson 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
The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another - no less so in a democratic republic… — Friedrich Engels Copy Share Image
Monarchies are above political parties. Sometimes political parties do things that are to the disadvantage of the country because they want to… — Farah Diba Copy Share Image
Every artist wants his work to be permanent. But what is? The Aswan Dam covered some of the greatest art in the… — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
The protection of the masses has in all times been the pretense of tyranny - the plea of monarchy, of aristocracy, of… — Henry George Copy Share Image
Power always becomes consolidated back into the hands of very few people... whether they be an economic aristocracy, a royalty, a monarchy… — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
I'm much more convinced that the hierarchy comes from the monarchy, and that the hierarchy stays apart from the oligarchy. So the… — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
In fact, after having abolished the monarchy, the best of all governments, [the French Revolution] had transferred all the public power to… — Pope Pius VI Copy Share Image
When you look at the history of the monarchy, there's one period that stands out where it is held in universally, awe-inspired… — David Starkey Copy Share Image
Distributed intelligence is the key to the advancement of human civilization. Dictatorships, communist countries, monarchies in the past all eventually collapsed because… — Al Gore 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
The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it,… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
When I was a little boy in Worcestershire reading history books I never thought I should have to interfere between a king… — Stanley Baldwin Copy Share Image
“Negative thinking is always expensive -- dragging us down mentally, emotionally, and physically -- hence I refer to any indulgence in it… — Peter McWilliams Copy Share Image
[Magna Carta provided] "a system of checks and balances which would accord the monarchy its necessary strength, but would prevent its perversion… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
What is called a republic, is not any particular form of government ... it is naturally opposed to the word monarchy, which… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
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