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If their social institutions were abhorrent, their unwritten constitution bordered upon the absurd. The absolutist monarchs of the ancient kingdoms of Amara looked with detestation at the Shazarian constitutional monarchy. Yet this was no time to demonstrate loathing of the upstart nation; condescension could wait until after Sixto had been defeated. ~ A.H. Septimius
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by A.H. Septimius
Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions. A Republic is a government in which that attention is divided between many, who are all doing uninteresting actions. Accordingly, so long as the human heart is strong and the human reason weak, Royalty will be strong because it appeals to diffused feeling, and Republics weak because they appeal to the understanding. ~ Walter Bagehot
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Walter Bagehot
You know," he added reflectively, "we've got a much easier job now than we should have had fifty years ago. If we'd had to modernise a country then it would have meant constitutional monarchy, bicameral legislature, proportional representation, women's suffrage, independent judicature, freedom of the press, referendums ... "
"What is all that?" asked the Emperor.
"Just a few ideas that have ceased to be modern. ~ Evelyn Waugh
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Evelyn Waugh
Americans also seem to believe that the monarchy is a kind of mediaeval hangover, encumbered by premodern notions of decorum; the reality is that the British monarchy, for good or ill, is a modern political institution perhaps the first modern political institution. ~ Adam Gopnik
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Adam Gopnik
What royal families are very good at doing is surviving and reinventing themselves. That's true whether it's a constitutional monarchy in Britain or an authoritarian monarchy. ~ Robert Lacey
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Robert Lacey
Moral spontaneity" corresponds entirely with "religious and orthodox philosophy", "constitutional monarchy", "the Christian state", "freedom with certain limits", or in a figure, to the hero fetters to a sick bed. ~ Max Stirner
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Max Stirner
The State, every government whatever its form, character or color - be it absolute or constitutional, monarchy or republic, Fascist, Nazi or bolshevik - is by its very nature conservative, static, intolerant of change and opposed to it. ~ Emma Goldman
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Emma Goldman
We are a constitutional monarchy. I don't order laws, I propose them. Article 35 of our constitution states that the king can only refuse a law of parliament once, then he has to sign it - if the same law is then supported by a two-thirds majority in both houses of parliament. ~ Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa
America posed a deeply interesting question to any Frenchmen with a political curiosity to ask it. How had Americans launched a revolution that aimed at establishing a free, stable, and constitutional government and made a success of it, while the French had in forty-one years lurched from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy, to the declaration of the republic, to mob rule, the Terror, the mass murder, and thence to a conservative republic, Napoleonic autocracy, the Bourbon restoration, further revolution, and the installation of an Orleanist constitutional monarchy? ~ Alan Ryan
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Alan Ryan
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. ~ Walter Bagehot
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Walter Bagehot
I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves ; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them, but to inform their discretion by education. This is the true corrective of abuses of constitutional power. ~ Thomas Jefferson
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Thomas Jefferson
Secondly, there are such things as roving wiretaps. Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires - a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order before we do so. It's important for our fellow citizens to understand, when you think Patriot Act, constitutional guarantees are in place when it comes to doing what is necessary to protect our homeland, because we value the Constitution. ~ George W. Bush
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by George W. Bush
The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other. ~ Walter Bagehot
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Walter Bagehot
You surprise me, Hastings. Do you not know that all celebrated detectives have brothers who would be even more celebrated than they are were it not for constitutional indolence? ~ Agatha Christie
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Agatha Christie
I do think that the legacy of the Norman conquest is still strong in Britain. Our hereditary monarchy, our established church, our ancient county structures, though hollowed out in many ways, are a direct result of what happened in 1066. ~ Paul Kingsnorth
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Paul Kingsnorth
Charles was constitutionally incapable of being a constitutional monarch. ~ Simon Schama
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Simon Schama
A recent book by University of Chicago professor of philosophy and law Brian Leiter outlines what I believe will become the theoretical consensus that does away with religious liberty in spirit if not in letter. "There is no principled reason," he writes, "for legal or constitutional regimes to single out religion for protection." . . . Evoking the principle of fairness, Leiter argues that everybody's conscience should be accorded the same legal protections. Thus he proposes to replace religious liberty with a plenary "liberty of conscience."

Leiter's argument is libertarian. He wants to get the government out of the business of deciding whose conscience is worth protecting. This mentality seems to expand freedom, but that's an illusion. In practice it will lead to diminished freedom, as is always the case with any thoroughgoing libertarianism. ~ R. R. Reno
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by R. R. Reno
It is necessary that I should qualify the doctrine of its being not men, but measures, that I am determined to support. In a monarchy it is the duty of parliament to look at the men as well as at the measures. ~ Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham And Vaux
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham And Vaux
Absolute monarchy, ... is the easiest death, the true Euthanasia of the BRITISH constitution. ~ David Hume
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by David Hume
We are the bourgeoisie - the third estate, as they call us now - and what we want is a nobility of merit, nothing more. We don't recognize this lazy nobility we now have, we reject our present class hierarchy. We want all men to be free and equal, for no one to be someone else's subject, but for all to be subject to the law. There should be an end of privileges and arbitrary power. Everyone should be treated equally as a child of the state, and just as there are no longer any middlemen between the layman and his God, so each citizen should stand in direct relation to the state. We want freedom of the press, of employment, of commerce. We want all men to compete without any special privileges, and the only crown should be the crown of merit. ~ Thomas Mann
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Thomas Mann
Knowing constitutional law helps one at the opera. The trial in 'Billy Budd,' as example, invokes the fugitive slave clause of the U.S. Constitution. ~ Karen DeCrow
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Karen DeCrow
In any society, order is the first need of all. Liberty and justice may be established only after order is tolerably secure. But the libertarians give primacy to an abstract liberty. Conservatives, knowing that "liberty inheres in some sensible object," are aware that true freedom can be found only within the framework of a social order, such as the constitutional order of these United States. In exalting an absolute and indefinable "liberty" at the expense of order, the libertarians imperil the very freedoms they praise. ~ Russell Kirk
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Russell Kirk
I'm disappointed, depressed, and demoralized. [ ... ] It is very hard to avoid the conclusion that President Bush flinched from a fight on constitutional philosophy. Miers is undoubtedly a decent and competent person. But her selection will unavoidably be judged as reflecting a combination of cronyism and capitulation on the part of the president. ~ William Kristol
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by William Kristol
By the end of the eighteenth century it had become clear that none of the estates or classes in the various countries was willing or able to become the new ruling class, that is to identify itself with the government as the nobility had done for centuries.8 The failure of the absolute monarchy to find a substitute within society led to the full development of the nation-state and its claim to be above all classes, completely independent of society and its particular interests, the true and only representative of the nation as a whole. ~ Hannah Arendt
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Hannah Arendt
Genghis Khan decreed religious tolerance for all of his conquered peoples. So I think he definitely would approve of our constitutional protections of freedom of religion. I think he would also approve of the way the U.S. has been able to attract talented people from all over the world. ~ Amy Chua
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Amy Chua
The right wing always mobilizes around constitutional amendments: the right to bear arms, school prayer. ~ Al Sharpton
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Al Sharpton
It's vital that the monarchy keeps in touch with the people. It's what I try and do. ~ Princess Diana
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Princess Diana
No Ordinary American Cares About Their Constitutional Rights ~ Joe Biden
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Joe Biden
Americans love to mock the idea of monarchy, and yet we have our own de facto monarchy. I think what these leaks did is, they demonstrated that there really is this government that just is the kind of permanent government that doesn't get affected by election choices and that isn't in any way accountable to any sort of democratic transparency and just creates its own world off on its own. ~ Glenn Greenwald
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Glenn Greenwald
Europeans are forever the offspring of Machiavelli, trapped in a historical rollercoaster that can bring us a monarchy-toppling French Revolution and then a few years later Napoleon Bonaparte as emperor. ~ Loretta Napoleoni
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Loretta Napoleoni
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. ~ Morrissey
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Morrissey
Those of us who were part of creating the Scottish parliament believe we must always test constitutional arrangements. The real test is where do the powers lie? Is it in the best interests of Scotland? ~ Johann Lamont
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Johann Lamont
I see no constitutional problems with the identification, staving off and defusing of outside threats. ~ Thomas De Maiziere
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Thomas De Maiziere
The paradox has often been noted that the United States, founded in secularism, is now the most religiose country in Christendom, while England, with an established church headed by its constitutional monarch, is among the least. ~ Richard Dawkins
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Richard Dawkins
Pietas prevailed, and out of the blood of Caesar the monarchy was born. ~ Ronald Syme
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Ronald Syme
If Charlton Heston can have a constitutional right carry a rifle, why can't grandma have a constitutional right to health care? ~ Al Sharpton
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Al Sharpton
I find it extremely ironic that Bush says that personal opinion should not be a tool in the interpretation of the Constitution, when he's the one who's lobbying for a Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. If that doesn't stem from personal opinion, I don't know what does. ~ Jessi Klein
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Jessi Klein
One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that evil must be forgotten, distorted, skimmed over. We must not remember that Daniel Webster got drunk but only that he was a splendid constitutional lawyer. We must forget that George Washington was a slave owner ... and simply remember the things we regard as creditable and inspiring. The difficulty, of course, with this philosophy is that history loses its value as an incentive and example; it paints perfect man and noble nations, but it does not tell the truth. ~ W.E.B. Du Bois
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by W.E.B. Du Bois
No Irish nationalist could support any treaty which institutionalizes British government claims to a part of Irish national territory. Indeed, the term - 'constitutional nationalism'- used by Mr.Mallon (SDLP) and his colleagues to describe their political philosophy is a contradiction in terms. The only constitutional nationalist in Ireland today is Sean McBride. He puts his nationalism within a framework of Irish constitutionality. Mr. Mallon, however, puts his within the framework of British constitutionality. Irish nationalism within British constitutionality is a contradiction in terms. ~ Gerry Adams
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Gerry Adams
We teach them to take their patriotism at second-hand; to shout with the largest crowd without examining into the right or wrong of the matter
exactly as boys under monarchies are taught and have always been taught. We teach them to regard as traitors, and hold in aversion and contempt, such as do not shout with the crowd, and so here in our democracy we are cheering a thing which of all things is most foreign to it and out of place
the delivery of our political conscience into somebody else's keeping. This is patriotism on the Russian plan. ~ Mark Twain
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Mark Twain
You can't start with a democracy. You have to work up through stuff like tyranny and monarchy first. That way people are so relived when they get to democracy that they hang on to it. ~ John Steinbeck
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by John Steinbeck
For me, the involvement of states in our national effort is not just because of their constitutional and legal responsibilities. It is also stems from a basic management principle. The chances of success are higher when we create a sense of participation for everyone; when we give everyone a stake in success. ~ Narendra Modi
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Narendra Modi
Constitutional provisions are not barriers to government misconduct. At best, they can be speed bumps. ~ Arnold Kling
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Arnold Kling
It is conventional to tell that constitutional story - of a republican failure ending in restoration - but to do so is to limit the significance of the 1640s to that single constitutional queston. There is much more to say, and to remember, about England's decade of civil war and revolution. Political and religious questions of fundamental importance were thrashed out before broad political audiences as activists and opportunists sought to mobilize support for their proposals. The resulting mass of contemporary argument is alluring to the historian since it lays bare the presumptions of a society very alient to our own. At the same time, by exposing those presumptions to sustained critical examination, this public discussion changed them. ~ Michael Braddick
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Michael Braddick
Elizabeth set an example to the monarchs of her day and of subsequent epochs, in that she never arrogated to herself the position of ruler of England, but assumed the more modest role of administrator, of carrier-out of the folk-will, of servitor to the national mission; she understood the trends of the epoch that was emerging from an autocratic regime into a constitutional regime. ~ Stefan Zweig
Constitutional Monarchy quotes by Stefan Zweig
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