Quotes About Monarchy

An old meaning of the word 'restoration' is to find someone with a royal bloodline who has been removed from the throne and then restore the person to that throne - to a position of honor.

As virtue is necessary in a republic, and honor in a monarchy, fear is what is required in a despotism. As for virtue, it is not at all necessary, and honor would be dangerous there.

Do you reckon the Queen has ever pulled a blanket up so just her head's showing and gone 'Philip, look at me! I'm a stamp!'

"God save our gracious Queen": Why would we invoke a non-specific deity to bail out these unelected spongers?

Six wives the King's had now.' Barak's words dragged me from my reverie. 'We can't even get one between us.

Because what he couldn't know, what no one at that time could know, was what would happen after the death of old King Sverker.

The king reigns, but does not govern.

Once the monarchy was abolished, a decree was passed that there would be no more kings in Rome.

The frontiers of that extensive monarchy were guarded by ancient renown and disciplined valor.

Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule.

the Imperial government; as it was instituted by Augustus, and maintained by those princes who understood their own interest and that of the people, it may be defined an absolute monarchy disguised by the forms of a commonwealth.

Was Paris now at peace with herself? She had suffered and survived, seen empires rise and fall. Chaos and dictatorship, monarchy and republic: Paris had tried them all. And which did she like best? Ah, there was a question . . . For all her age and grace, it seemed she did not know.

The Rose-Croix Adepts respected the dominant, hierarchical, and revealed religion. Consequently they could no more be enemies of the Papacy than of legitimate Monarchy; and if they conspired against Popes and Kings, it was because they considered them personally as apostates from duty and supreme favors of anarchy. What, in fact, is a despot, spiritual or temporal, but a crowned anarchist?

The Right Divine of Kings to govern wrong.

The monarchy is foremost a business, and it's important to them that the British public continue to finance the excessive luxurious lifestyles of the now quite enormous, wasteful and useless 'royal' family. I find it very sad.

What is it about royalty - even if you're a confirmed republican - that is dramatically interesting?

Là où la royauté a pu se maintenir en devenant « constitutionnelle », elle n'est plus que l'ombre d'elle-même et n'a guère qu'une existence nominale et « représentative », comme l'exprime la formule connue d'après laquelle « le roi règne, mais ne gouverne pas », ce n'est véritablement qu'une caricature de l'ancienne royauté.

But just remember, there is a symbiosis between immature groups and immature leaders, I am afraid, which is why both Plato and Jefferson said democracy was not really the best form of government. It is just the safest. A truly wise monarch would probably be the most effective at getting things done. (Don't send hate letters, please!)

When you are a king, you may make as many ridiculous laws as you like. That is what being a king is all about.

My fate is in the hands of two monarchs, Walter thought, the tsar and the emperor. One is foolish, the other geriatric; yet they control the destiny of Maud and me and countless millions more Europeans. What an argument against monarchy!

My fate is in the hands of two monarchs, Walter thought, the tsar and the emperor. One is foolish, the other geriatric; yet they control the destiny of Maud and me and countless millions more Europeans. What an argument against monarchy! He

He is now king of Scotland in all but legitimacy!

S?-?i schimbi credin?a la fiecare schimbare a monarhului se numea "politic?", iar oamenii care f?ceau a?a ceva se numeau "politicieni".

There is not a power in Europe, no not even Bonaparte's that is so unlimited [as the British monarchy].