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A lot of people would like to see the monarchy scaled down.

— Clive Lewis

It's very easy to just shout: 'Off with their heads!' Maybe in doing that you might lose something very valuable. I would like to…

— Helen Mirren

Something as curious as the monarchy won't survive unless you take account of people's attitudes. After all, if people don't want it, they won't…

— Prince Charles

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 a raft.…

— Joseph Cook

The monarchy unites us; the republic would divide us.

— Francesco Crispi

If we incline too much to democracy, we shall soon shoot into a monarchy.

— Alexander Hamilton

The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary commonwealth.

— Samuel Johnson

We could have a political movement going if it had been properly organized but the Monarchy's done itself enormous damage possibly beyond the point…

— Anthony Holden

There ought to be an absolute dictatorship... a dictatorship of painters... a dictatorship of one painter... to suppress all those who have betrayed us...

— Pablo Picasso

A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.

— George W. Bush

Power makes you a monarch, and all the fancy robes in the world won't do the job without it.

— Laurell K. Hamilton

If a nation does not want a monarchy, change the nation's mind. If a nation does not need a monarchy, change the nation's needs.

— Jan Smuts