Quotes about Monarchy

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Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all which may be guides to an ou — Francis Bacon
So this is where all the vapid talk about the 'soul' of the universe is actually headed. Once the hard-won principles of — Christopher Hitchens
Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. — Denis Diderot
I believe in political equality. But there are two opposite reasons for being a democrat. You may think all men so good — C.S. Lewis, The Weight of Glory
The prince's official job description as king will be 'defender of the faith,' which currently means the state-financed — Christopher Hitchens
It was pitiful for a person born in a wholesome free atmosphere to listen to their humble and hearty outpourings of loya — Mark Twain
She now discovered amidst them, the poet's flights of fancy, and the historian's seldom pleasing—ever instructive page. — Mary Charlton, The Pirate of Naples
If I follow the inclination of my nature, it is this: beggar-woman and single, far rather than queen and married. — Elizabeth I, Collected Works
We are the bourgeoisie—the third estate, as they call us now—and what we want is a nobility of merit, nothing more. We d — Thomas Mann, Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
We have rule of lawyers, not rule of law. The legal profession has a monopoly over one branch of government as it was ne — A.E. Samaan
Your king is SUPPOSED to explode? What kind of government system is that? — Jefferson Smith, Strange Places
This is what you get when you found a political system on the family values of Henry VIII. At a point in the not-too-rem — Christopher Hitchens
As Dio observed later, democracy sounded very well and good, “but its results are seen not to agree at all with its titl — Stacy Schiff, Cleopatra: A Life
The modern absolutism, which we find the most natural thing in the world, would have been quite beyond the dreams of the — Bertrand De Jouvenel, Sovereignty
Rejoicing in his absolute authority, the single egoist will exploit it methodically, whereas a mêlée of egoists will bri — Bertrand De Jouvenel, Sovereignty
Around thrones the thunder rolls. — C.J. Sansom, Dissolution
With a [democratic] government anyone in principle can become a member of the ruling class or even the supreme power. Th — Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Democracy--The God That Failed: The Economics and Politics of Monarchy, Democracy, and Natural Order
[Voltaire] theoretically prefers a republic, but he knows its flaws: it permits factions which, if they do not bring on — Will Durant, The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers
Hence I think it is that democracies change into aristocracies, and these at length into monarchies,' people at last pre — Will Durant, The Story of Philosophy: The Lives and Opinions of the World's Greatest Philosophers
Where men are forbidden to honour a king they honour millionaires, athletes, or film-stars instead: even famous prostitu — C.S. Lewis, Present Concerns