2.
In chess, bigamy is acceptable but monarchy is absolute.
Garry Kasparov
6.
Citizenship is what makes a republic - monarchies can get along without it.
Mark Twain
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If we incline too much to democracy, we shall soon shoot into a monarchy.
Alexander Hamilton
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God himself, with reverence be it spoken, is not an absolute but a limited monarch, limited by the rule which infinite wisdom prescribes to infinite power.
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
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The monarchy is finished. It was finished a while ago, but they're still making the corpses dance.
Sue Townsend
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Once you touch the trappings of monarchy, like opening an Egyptian tomb, the inside is liable to crumble.
Anthony Sampson
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It's vital that the monarchy keeps in touch with the people. It's what I try and do.
Princess Diana
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We stand a better chance with aristocracy, whether hereditary or elective, than with monarchy.
Ezra Stiles
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The King can do no wrong; he cannot constitutionally be supposed capable of injustice.
John Nichol
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There is so much else in the world that is more interesting [ than monarchy].
Hilary Mantel
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Pietas prevailed, and out of the blood of Caesar the monarchy was born.
Ronald Syme
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The general (federal) government will tend to monarchy, which will fortify itself from day to day, instead of working its own cures.
Thomas Jefferson
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My concern is less the monarchy as such than the attempt of a fading colonial power to hang onto grandeur.
Hilary Mantel