Monarch Quotes

79 quotes by 70 authors

Aggression is simply another name for government. Aggression, invasion, government, are interconvertible terms. The essence of government is control, or the attempt to control. He… — Benjamin Tucker
Power makes you a monarch, and all the fancy robes in the world won't do the job without it. — Laurell K. Hamilton
A monarch should be ever intent on conquest, lest his neighbours rise in arms against him. — Akbar
Elizabeth I was my favourite monarch though, what an inspiration, she did great things for women. — Kirsty Gallacher
God doth not govern the world only by his will as an absolute monarch, but by his wisdom and goodness as a tender father. It… — Stephen Charnock
When love could teach a monarch to be wise, And gospel-light first dawn'd from Bullen's eyes. — Thomas Gray
MONARCH, n. A person engaged in reigning. Formerly the monarch ruled, as the derivation of the word attests, and as many subjects have had occasion… — Ambrose Bierce
For, what is a family without a steward, a ship without a pilot, a flock without a shepherd, a body without a head, the same,… — Elizabeth I
Dogs live with man as courtiers 'round a monarch, steeped in the flattery of his notice ... to push their favor in this world of… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Charles was constitutionally incapable of being a constitutional monarch. — Simon Schama
Men choose Hamlet because every man sees himself as a disinherited monarch. Women choose Alice [in Wonderland] because every woman sees herself as the only… — Adam Gopnik
Those who imagine that a politician would make a better figurehead than a hereditary monarch might perhaps make the acquaintance of more politicians. — Margaret Thatcher
Away with your president! We shall have a king... the army will salute him as monarch; your militia will leave you and assist in making… — Patrick Henry
If a man were living in isolation his income would be literally his product. Make him the monarch and owner of an island, and the… — John Bates Clark
When the magistrate says 'That's not a good enough reason my man.' He said 'Excuse me, could I ask you? Have you taken an oath… — Anthony Holden
The greatest monarch on the proudest throne is obliged to sit upon his own arse. — Benjamin Franklin
When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because… — Baron de Montesquieu
Death is not the monarch for the dead, but of the dying. The moment he obtains a conquest he loses a subject. — Thomas Paine
I still try to keep my eyes open. I'm always on the lookout for antlion traps in sandy soil, monarch pupae near milkweed, skipper larvae… — Annie Dillard
The fundamental difference between Islamic government, on the one hand, and constitutional monarchy and republics, on the other, is this: whereas the representatives of the… — Ruhollah Khomeini

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