Monarchies, aristocracies, and religions....there was never a country where the majority of the people were in their secret hearts loyal to any of these institutions. Votes: 3
Monarchies are above political parties. Sometimes political parties do things that are to the disadvantage of the country because they want to beat the other party. In Iran, where we have different religions and ethnic groups, it was a unifying factor. Votes: 3
Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies. Votes: 2
Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty. Votes: 2
It serves notice that President Bush is serious about promoting freedom, because free societies are a lot more peaceable than dictatorships and monarchies. Votes: 2
The Arab monarchies, especially Jordan and Morocco, are more legitimate than the false republics, with their stolen elections, regime-dominated courts and rubber-stamp parliaments. Votes: 2
If our vaunted rule of the people does not breed nobler men and women than monarchies have done it must and will inevitably give place to something better. Votes: 2
The fake republics are goners; the monarchies have a fighting chance. That's my conclusion after a short visit to the Middle East and discussions with officials and analysts there. Votes: 2
Our policy is to deepen the relations with all the countries in the world - monarchies, kingdoms, large powers - we want to respect all differences and have our relationships based on mutual respect. Votes: 2
When the United States was founded, the very idea of a nation premised on democratic principles of freedom and tolerance was viewed by the vast majority of the world as an experiment doomed to fail. Dictatorships, monarchies, and theocracies had for many centuries ruled the world. Votes: 2
Luxury ruins republics; poverty, monarchies. Votes: 0
Republics end through luxury; monarchies through poverty. Votes: 0
Republics come to an end by luxurious habits; monarchies by poverty. Votes: 0
Republics are brought to their ends by luxury; monarchies by poverty. Votes: 0
Citizenship is what makes a republic - monarchies can get along without it. Votes: 0
I think it impossible that the great monarchies of Europe can last much longer. Votes: 0
Our top-down pyramid style of management is a very old concept borrowed from centuries of war and monarchies. Votes: 0
When a government lasts a long while, it deteriorates by insensible degrees. Republics end through luxury, monarchies through poverty. Votes: 0
Alligator: The crocodile of America, superior in every detail to the crocodile of the effete monarchies of the Old World. Votes: 0
An occasional insurrection will not weigh against the inconveniences of a government of force, such as are monarchies and aristocracies. Votes: 0
Distributed intelligence is the key to the advancement of human civilization. Dictatorships, communist countries, monarchies in the past all eventually collapsed because of their inefficiency in moving information. Votes: 0
Democratic governments are not suited to the publication of the thunderous revelations I am in the habit of making. The unpublished parts will appear later ... when Europe will have restored its traditional monarchies. Votes: 0
The descendants of Holy Roman Empire monarchies became feeble-minded in the twentieth century, and after World War I had been done in by the democracies; some were kept on to entertain the tourists, like the one they have in England.
The Middle East has gone through periods of turmoil before. In the 1950s and 1960s, there were revolutions. When monarchies were collapsing in a number of countries, we had radicals and we had Nasserism. Today it's a little bit more complicated.
Nothing is more deceptive or more dangerous than the pretence of a desire to simplify government. The simplest governments are despotisms; the next simplest, limited monarchies; but all republics, all governments of law, must impose numerous limitations and qualifications of authority, and give many positive and many qualified rights.