Monarchy · Skopia

Quotes

10

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

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Songs

3

God Save the QueenThe Sex Pistols

God Save the Queen

The Sex Pistols

1977★ 8.3

Viva La Vida

2008★ 7.1

VictoriaThe Kinks

Victoria

1969★ 5.7