Quotes Tagged With :monarchy

As Dio observed later, democracy sounded very well and good, “but its results are seen not to agree....

A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade,....

A court is the most depressing place on earth. Wherever there is a throne, one may observe in rich detail....

You don't turn your back on your destiny.

I believe in political equality. But there are two opposite reasons for being a democrat. You may think....

[Voltaire] theoretically prefers a republic, but he knows its flaws: it permits factions which, if they....

. . . Kings, aristocrats, tyrants, whoever they be, are slaves rebelling against the sovereign of the....

He was king, if he didn’t have enemies he wasn’t doing it right.

The obvious definition of a monarchy seems to be that of a state, in which a single person, by whatsoever....

We have rule of lawyers, not rule of law. The legal profession has a monopoly over one branch of government....