8240 | A true king shares his pleasure with the people [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
22541 | Kings should be selected according to character [Aristotle] |
19937 | Monarchs are always proud, and can't back down [Spinoza] |
19936 | Kings tend to fight wars for glory, rather than for peace and liberty [Spinoza] |
19940 | Deposing a monarch is dangerous, because the people are used to royal authority [Spinoza] |
19885 | Absolute monarchy is inconsistent with civil society [Locke] |
19972 | The nobility are an indispensable part of a monarchy [Montesquieu] |
19974 | Monarchs must not just have links to the people; they need a body which maintains the laws [Montesquieu] |
19976 | Ambition is good in a monarchy, because the monarch can always restrain it [Montesquieu] |
19978 | In monarchies, men's actions are judged by their grand appearance, not their virtues [Montesquieu] |
19985 | In a monarchy, the nobility must be hereditary, to bind them together [Montesquieu] |
19986 | Monarchies can act more quickly, because one person is in charge [Montesquieu] |
21097 | Modern monarchies are (like republics) rule by law, rather than by men [Hume] |
19798 | Ancient monarchs were kings of peoples; modern monarchs more cleverly rule a land [Rousseau] |
19831 | The highest officers under a monarchy are normally useless; the public could choose much better [Rousseau] |
19834 | Attempts to train future kings don't usually work, and the best have been unprepared [Rousseau] |
19833 | Hereditary monarchy is easier, but can lead to dreadful monarchs [Rousseau] |
19589 | The whole point of a monarch is that we accept them as a higher-born, ideal person [Novalis] |
22677 | A monarchical family is always deeply concerned with the interests of the state [Tocqueville] |
23151 | A monarch is known to everyone in the group, and can thus unite large groups [Russell] |
23839 | A lifelong head of society should only be a symbol, not a ruler [Weil] |