Quote by Walter Bagehot
The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is

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

Other quotes by Walter Bagehot

Under a Presidential government, a nation has, except at the electing moment, no influence; it has not the ballot-box before it; its virtue is gone, and it must wait till its instant of despotism again returns. – Walter Bagehot

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Presidency
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So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism – despotism during the campaign – is indispensable. – Walter Bagehot

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Other Quotes from
Royalty, Kings, Queens
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Being a princess isnt all its cracked up to be. – Princess of Wales Diana

Im glad weve been bombed. It makes me feel I can look the East End in the face. – Queens Mother Elizabeth

I have nothing against the Queen of England. Even in my heart I never resented her for not being Jackie Kennedy. She is, to my mind, a very gallant lady, victimized by whoever it is who designs the tops of her uniforms. – Leonard Cohen

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There is little success where there is little laughter. – Andrew Carnegie

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A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. – English Proverb

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Thanks partly to the kind of poets that we now have and partly to funding, theres been a gigantic shift in the way poetry is perceived… Poems on the Underground, poets in schools, football clubs, zoos. – Andrew Motion

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You know how sad your life is when you know the release date of DVDs. – Heston Blumenthal

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