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.

Quote by Walter Bagehot

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Money is economic power

Money is economic power

Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one -...

Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one -...

An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great...

An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great...

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not...

Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not...

Writers, like teeth, are divided into incisors and grinders.

Writers, like teeth, are divided into incisors and grinders.

Under a Presidential government, a nation has, except at the electing moment, no influence; it...

Under a Presidential government, a nation has, except at the electing moment, no influence; it...

In the faculty of writing nonsense, stupidity is no match for genius.

In the faculty of writing nonsense, stupidity is no match for genius.

Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why...

Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why...

So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during...

So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during...

The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people...

The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people...

The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will...

The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will...

An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.

An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.

The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will...

The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will...

The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it.

The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it.

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will...

The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will...

While most peoples' opinions change, the conviction of their correctness never does

While most peoples' opinions change, the conviction of their correctness never does

What signifies protesting so against flattery! when a person speaks well of one, it must...

What signifies protesting so against flattery! when a person speaks well of one, it must...

I never did say that you can't be a nice guy and win. I said...

I never did say that you can't be a nice guy and win. I said...

Even Pain pricks to livelier living.

Even Pain pricks to livelier living.