Bold Quote by Nostradamus

Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty.

— Baron de Montesquieu

Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty.

— Anonymous

Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty.

— Baron de Montesquieu

The monarchy unites us; the republic would divide us.

— Francesco Crispi

When a government lasts a long while, it deteriorates by insensible degrees. Republics end through luxury, monarchies through poverty.

— Baron de Montesquieu

“Every republic runs its greatest risk not so much from discontented soldiers as from discontented multi-millionaires. They are very rarely, if ever, content with…

— Kory Stamper

Reformist kings can save their dynasties now by helping their countries move smoothly into democracy, or they will end their years in exile like…

— Elliott Abrams

A republic cannot succeed, till it contains a certain body of men imbued with the principles of justice and honour.

— Charles Darwin

Few revolutions succeed, and when they do, you often discover they did not gain what you hoped for, and you condemn yourself to perpetual…

— Francesco Guicciardini

“The Republic is six months old, and it’s flying apart. It has no cohesive force—only a monarchy has that. Surely you can see? We…

— Hilary Mantel

“In monarchies, each man's desire to do what was right in his own eyes could be restrained by beer, or force, by patronage, or…

— Gordon S. Wood

For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction.

— Anonymous