Adventure Quote by Michael Moorcock

“fallen empires of kings, dictators, and fools who were passionate, certain, and wrong.”

— Bobby Adair

“Kings will be tyrants by policy when subjects are rebels from principle.”

— Edmund Burke

“...convention [is] the most subtle but oppressive dictator. [Edith 'Ditte' Thompson]”

— Pip Williams

“Without a leader, self-interest would be king.”

— Paul Mathews

“Our contemporaries are constantly excited by two conflicting passions: they want to be led, and they wish to remain free. As they cannot destroy…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“Being an absolute ruler today was not as simple as people thought. At least, it was not simple if your ambitions included being an…

— Terry Pratchett

“A real democracy would be a meritocracy where those born in the lower ranks could rise as far as their natural talents and discipline…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

“We shall have World Government, whether or not we like it. The only question is whether World Government will be achieved by conquest or…

— Paul Warburg

“Similarly, those who have been weaned off the self-aggrandizing attractions of political power are those who can then best be entrusted with it.”

— R.W.L. Moberly

“If nothing else, all these years as a spy had taught her something important--regimes changed. Ideals changed. There was no such thing as an…

— Kate Cross

“In other words, speed, innovation, and global focus happen only when lots of delegated authority sits alongside lots of centralized authority.”

— Chris Lowney

“We are all in favour of monarchy. It is just that we cannot renounce our mission and the struggle we are conducting against an…

— Corneliu Zelea Codreanu