Majesty Quote by William Lilly

The English king's power was curbed by Parliament, though that wasn't always a good thing, as politicians often behave no better than monarchs -…

— Karen Maitland

It was under a solemn consciousness of the dangers from ecclesiastical ambition, the bigotry of spiritual pride, and the intolerance of sects... that is…

— Joseph Story

In the 20th century, the position of the monarch as head of the Church of England was given a meaning which it never had…

— David Starkey

“Mary summoned a meeting of Parliament to undertake the work or reform, and they went about the task between October 5 and December 6,…

— Charles River Editors

The stability and peace which seemed to be so firmly established by the brilliant monarchy of Francis I vanished with the terrible outbreak of…

— Lytton Strachey

The history of governmentally established religion, both in England and in this country, showed that whenever government had allied itself with one particular form…

— Hugo Black

Medieval kings left the job of kindness to their queens. If the queen begged for someone not to be beheaded, the king could show…

— Lucy Worsley

When a wicked and unworthy subject annoyed the Sultan of Turkey or the Czar of Russia, he had his head cut of without much…

— George Mikes

In the time of Mrs Thatcher the church, to give it its due, spoke out and was an enemy of the Conservative government.

— Alan Green

In political and social analysis, we still have not cut off the head of the king.

— Michel Foucault

No Legislature can really destroy a religious conviction, except by exterminating its holders. It is historically too late to do that, and we shall…

— Henry Parry Liddon