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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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...

Money is economic power

Money is economic power

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.

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 there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to...

So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to...

Life is a school of probability.

Life is a school of probability.

Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one...

Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one...

A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.

A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is...

You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is...

Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women...

Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women...

I started out by believing God for a newer car than the one I was...

I started out by believing God for a newer car than the one I was...

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...

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 -...

The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds...

The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds...

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

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

A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault.

A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault.

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.

Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.

Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.

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.