Monarch Quotes

79 quotes by 70 authors

Without water we are nothing", the traveler thought. "Even an emperor, denied water, would swiftly turn to dust. Water is the real monarch and we… — Salman Rushdie
Authority is a solvent of humanity: look at any husband, any father of a family,and note the absorption of the person by the persona, the… — Patrick O'Brian
I will be a wise and tolerant monarch, dispencing justice fairly, and only setting nightmares to rip out the winds of the evil and the… — Neil Gaiman
â€ŽA general State education is a mere contrivance for moulding people to be exactly like one another; and as the mould in which it casts… — John Stuart Mill
What an unfortunate instrument the guitar is! An instrument of such great nobility, a genuine monarch of music-- reduced to a pitiful lump of wood… — Sergei Lukyanenko
A monarchâ€™s neck should always have a noose around itâ€”it keeps him upright. — Robert A. Heinlein
Political freedom means the absence of coercion of a man by his fellow men. The fundamental threat to freedom is power to coerce, be it… — Milton Friedman
No medieval monarch in the whole of British history ever had such power as every modern British Prime Minister has in his or her hands.… — Tony Benn
In Mesopotamia or Egypt, for example, the monarch had a god-like religious status. But this is not the case in Judaism. So that notion that… — Simon Schama
Like the Elizabeth I play, Queen Elizabeth is a monarch who actually moves with the times. She gets new information, assimilates it, and changes in… — Samuel Barnett
Our rights come from God - not man, not a monarch, not a government. — Robert Hurt
Sectarian divide has created a schism in our society that is a major challenge. As monarch of all Bahrainis, it pains me to see many… — Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
Someone once said that every form of government has one characteristic peculiar to it and if that characteristic is lost, the government will fall. In… — Ronald Reagan
I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do… — Eddie Campbell
It's a problem for him because he's got - like Edward VII had - nearly all his lifetime to wait until he becomes Monarch. What… — Anthony Holden
His neigh is like the bidding of a monarch, and his countenance enforces homage. — William Shakespeare
Let him who plays the monarch be a king; Who plays the rogue, be perfect in his part — Thomas Erskine
Killing a bad monarch is not to be considered murder but justice — Chinese Proverbs
Never was monarch better feared and loved Than is your Majesty. — William Shakespeare

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