Quote by Thomas Carlyle
He that can work is born to be king of something. - Thomas Carlyle

He that can work is born to be king of something. – Thomas Carlyle

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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

Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and of family disagreements. – Queen Elizabeth

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

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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