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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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Though God hath raised me high, yet this I count the glory of my crown: that I have reigned with your loves. And though you have had, and may have, many mightier and wiser princes sitting in this seat; yet you never had, nor shall have any that will love you better. – Elizabeth I

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

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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

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