#mona

A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends on his own power to rule, must strengthen that power by bribing the active and enterprising whom he cannot intimidate. ↗

— James F. Cooper

#cannot #costly #depends #enterprising #expensive

I was to Japanese visitors to Washington what the Mona Lisa is to Americans visiting Paris. ↗

— John C. Danforth

#japanese #lisa #mona #paris #visiting

We go old-school during the summer, like swimming or setting up lemonade stands. I try to teach my kids to make their own fun. ↗

— Gail Devers

#fun #go #i #kids #lemonade

It's vital that the monarchy keeps in touch with the people. It's what I try and do. ↗

— Princess Diana

#keeps #monarchy #people #touch #try

Monarchs ought to put to death the authors and instigators of war, as their sworn enemies and as dangers to their states. ↗

— Elizabeth I

#dangers #death #monarchs #ought #put

For since it is impossible for a created monad to have a physical influence on the inner nature of another, this is the only way in which one can be dependent on another. ↗

— Gottfried Leibniz

#created #dependent #impossible #influence #inner

The state is nothing but an instrument of opression of one class by another - no less so in a democratic republic than in a monarchy. ↗

— Friedrich Engels

#class #democratic #democratic republic #instrument #less

What's important is to be able to see yourself, I think, as having commonality with other people and not determine, because of your good luck, that everybody is less significant, less interesting, less important than you are. ↗

— Harrison Ford

#because #commonality #determine #everybody #good

Elizabeth I was my favourite monarch though, what an inspiration, she did great things for women. ↗

— Kirsty Gallacher

#elizabeth #elizabeth i #favourite #great #great things

The stability and peace which seemed to be so firmly established by the brilliant monarchy of Francis I vanished with the terrible outbreak of the Wars of Religion. ↗

— Lytton Strachey

#established #firmly #francis #i #monarchy