Quotes About Monarchy

I regularly dream about the Queen. Apparently, millions of people do. I wonder who she dreams about?

The reign of Henry VIII is the axis around which England turns.

The invention of the camera enabled the reinvention of the British monarchy for the modern era.

God Save the Queen.'" Which is a particularly filthy drinking song about a cross-dressing fellow who has mad skills as a streetwalker but often gets

Being a monarchist, and fawning over those 'above' you, you must naturally despise those 'below' or on the same socioeconomic level as yourself, because that is how hierarchy worship works.

When the affairs of the world change, one should implement a different Way. … Therefore, it is said: "When the people are ignorant, one can become monarch through knowledge; when the generation is knowledgeable, one can become monarch through force".

And, Your Majesty, he was afraid to tell you, but … secretly, he was a Pisces.

Richard, might I ask you something? We've talked tonight of what you must do, of what you can do, of what you ought to do.But we've said nothing of what you want to do.Richard, do you want to be King?" At first, she thought he wasn't going to answer her. But as she studied his face, she saw he was turning her question over in his mind, seeking to answer it as honestly as he could. "Yes," he said at last. "Yes...I do.

Richard knew, of course, that his was thought to be an unlucky title; only twice before had a Richard ruled England, and both met violent ends.

The Victorian era in England began when Queen Victoria came to the throne in 1837. She ruled for the rest of the century and helped her country become a powerful world empire.

I like to look nice when I go to see His Majesty, the Burger King.

Prior to the American Revolution, through centuries of feudalism and monarchy, the interests of the rich lay in the expropriation, enslavement, and misery of the rest of the people. A society, therefore, where the interests of the rich require general freedom, unrestricted productiveness, and the protection of individual rights, should have been hailed as an ideal system by anyone whose goal is man's well-being.

There is no difference between the principles, policies and practical results of socialism—and those of any historical or prehistorical tyranny. Socialism is merely democratic absolute monarchy—that is, a system of absolutism without a fixed head, open to seizure of power by all corners, by any ruthless climber, opportunist, adventurer, demagogue or thug.

For some, including Nicholas II, the mere existence of a prime minister was an affront to autocracy.63

I love Bill Clinton. I think we should make him king. I'm talking the red robe, the turkey leg - everything.

Who's that? That's the King. Who's he? The Duke. Who's she? The Princess. What do they call you? The Count. What does that make me? Umm…how about the Peasant? And the name stuck.

Surgiram-lhe um começo de calvície, idéias conservadoras, hábitos monarcos e a ambição de terras e bovinos: como se vê, homem completamente recuperado para a sociedade, a família e o latifúndio.

Muchos creían que sólo con proclamarse la república se pondría fin a esa situación. Era algo que se había difundido, con gran irresponsabilidad, muchos republicanos, considerando que los males que afectaban al país eran consecuencia de la existencia de una monarquía.

Det er riktig at bestefaren din måtte forlate Spania, hadde greven av Barcelona sagt. - Men han forble konge til han døde. I en tone som gjorde inntrykk på gutten hadde han lagt til: - For, ser du, Juanito, en konge bør aldri abdisere. Det har han ingen rett til.

It is written, By me kings reign. This is not a phrase of the church, a metaphor of the preacher; it is a literal truth, simple and palpable. It is a law of the political world. God makes kings in the literal sense. He prepares royal races; maturing them under a cloud which conceals their origin. They appear at length crowned with glory and honour ; they take their places; and this is the most certain sign of their legitimacy.

Well, sir, you must know, as you didn't hear it afore, that there was a king, called King O'Toole, who was a fine old king in the old ancient times,

There once lived a king and a queen as many a one has been.

My former home, the monarchy, was a large house with many doors and many rooms for many different kinds of people. This house has been divided, broken up, ruined. I have no business with what is there now. I am used to living in a house, not in cabins.

As he spoke he stroked both sides of his mutton-chop whiskers as if he wished to caress simultaneously both halves of the Monarchy