Clear Quote by Baron de Montesquieu

“What I have here advanced is confirmed by the unanimous testimony of historians, and is extremely agreeable to the nature of things. For it…

— Anonymous

A ruler makes use of the majority and neglects the minority, and so he does not devote himself to virtue but to law.

— Han Fei

How can a monarchy be a suitable thing, which allows a man to do as he pleases with none to hold him to account.…

— Herodotus

To execute laws is a royal office; to execute orders is not to be a king. However, a political executive magistracy, though merely such,…

— Edmund Burke

A monarch frequently represents his subjects better that an elected assembly; and if he is a good judge of character he is likely to…

— William Ralph Inge

Who to himself is law, no law doth need, offends no law, and is a king indeed.

— George Chapman

A wise ruler, when he makes his laws, is bound to find himself in conflict with the world.

— Han Fei

Under the pressure of fanaticism, and with the mob complacently applauding the show, democratic law tends more and more to be grounded upon the…

— H. L. Mencken

Let it not, therefore, be said that the Sovereign is not subject to the laws of his State; since the contrary is a true…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

The King himself should be under no man, but under God and the Law.

— Edward Coke

“fundamentally, people do not prefer independent thought and the accompanying responsibility, but rather orders, subordination, and the accompanying exemption from responsibility. In a popular…

— Yoshiki Tanaka

In truth, there never was any remarkable lawgiver amongst any people who did not resort to divine authority, as otherwise his laws would not…

— Niccolo Machiavelli