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

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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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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

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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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