Absolute Quote by Bertrand De Jouvenel

“absolutism of all kinds is a weakness,”

— Elif Shafak

“The power of a king was not absolute, after all: it could be restrained by the will of the people.”

— Ken Follett

“History – the amorphous, unconscious life within the swarm of humanity – exploits every minute in the lives of kings as an instrument for…

— Leo Tolstoy

“History, that is, the unconscious, common, swarm life of mankind uses every moment of the life of kings as an instrument for its own…

— Tolstoy Leo

“But the kings of modern times, restrained by the limits of mere probability, have neither courage nor desire. They fear the eat that hears…

— Alexandre Dumas

“They fathomed principle; they attached themselves to right. They longed for the absolute, they caught glimpses of the infinite realisations; the absolute, by its…

— Victor Hugo

“He condemned monarchy itself as a system which had laid the world "in blood and ashes.”

— Charles A. Beard

“The king who could get so drunk with his brother-in-law was also the king who was anxious for an inclusive church and an inclusive…

— Adam Nicolson

“Books are my kingdom. And here I seek to reign as absolute lord.”

— Stefan Zweig

“Kind prince there is nothing in the realm of ideas that is absolute, therefore all efforts to form ideologies are ultimately futile.”

— Lao Tse

“Real kings and queens are people whose heads are crowned with dreams as they sit on the throne of passion. They rule with visions…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“Absolute monarchy may indeed be the most efficient system the world has ever known, but we had better wait for the absolute control of…

— Kenneth O. Gangel