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Philosophical literature · Political literature

I compare it to something behind a curtain, about which there is a great deal of bustle and fuss, and a wonderful air of seeming solemnity; but when by an accident, the curtain happens to be opened, and the company see what it is, they burst into laughter.

Rights of Man · 1792

★ 5.4

Treatise · Legal writing

The king, moreover, is not only incapable of doing wrong, but even of thinking wrong: he can never mean to do an improper thing: in him is no folly or weakness.

William Blackstone

Commentaries on the Laws of England · 1765

★ 5.3

Speech · Political speech

A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in the water.

1795

★ 5.1

Pamphlet · Political literature

Monarchy and succession have laid... The world in blood and ashes.

Common Sense · 1776

★ 3.9

Personal journal

The kingly office is entitled to no respect. It was originally procured by the highwayman's methods; it remains a perpetuated crime, can never be anything but the symbol of a crime.

1888

★ 3.7

Treatise · Legal writing

That the king can do no wrong, is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution.

William Blackstone

Commentaries on the Laws of England · 1765

★ 2.0

Political literature

The mystic reverence, the religious allegiance, which are essential to a true monarchy, are imaginative sentiments that no legislature can manufacture in any people.

1867

★ 1.9

Film · Crime comedy (film) · Comedy (film) · Crime comedy · Comedy

Protecting the safety of the Queen is a task that is gladly accepted by Police Squad. No matter how silly the idea of having a queen might be to us, as Americans, we must be gracious and considerate hosts.

Lt. Frank Drebin

Naked Gun · 1988

★ 1.9

Philosophical literature · Political literature

What is called monarchy, always appears to me a silly, contemptible thing. I compare it to something kept behind a curtain, about which there is a great deal of bustle and fuss, and a wonderful air of seeming solemnity; but when, by any accident, the curtain happens to be open, and the company see what it is, they burst into laughter.

Rights of Man · 1792

★ 1.2

To be heir to the throne is not a position; it is a predicament.

1991

★ 1.0