A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the r

A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends on his own power to rule, must strengthen that power by bribing the active and enterprising whom he cannot intimidate. – James Fenimore Cooper

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Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions. – Walter Bagehot

I cannot be indifferent to the assassination of a member of my profession, We should be obliged to shut up business if we, the Kings, were to consider the assassination of Kings as of no consequence at all. – Edward VII

Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel. – Benjamin Disraeli

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