Quote by Walter Bagehot
Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is co

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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The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen. – Walter Bagehot

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Poverty is an anomaly to rich people. It is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell. – Walter Bagehot

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All the time I feel I must justify my existence. – Prince Of Wales Charles

There is something behind the throne greater than the King himself. – William Pitt The Elder Chatham

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

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