#monarch

If our vaunted rule of the people does not breed nobler men and women than monarchies have done it must and will inevitably give place to something better. ↗

— Anna Julia Cooper

#breed #does #done #give #inevitably

I have a lack of fear, whereas in the past the fear of failure was a powerful motivator. Anyway, I have great expectations for the future, but I just don't know if I'm the monarch of all I survey. ↗

— Sylvester Stallone

#expectations #failure #fear #future #great

We stand a better chance with aristocracy, whether hereditary or elective, than with monarchy. ↗

— Ezra Stiles

#better #better chance #chance #elective #hereditary

A monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite benevolence is the most perfect of all possible governments. ↗

— Ezra Stiles

#conducted #governments #infinite #monarchy #most

The greater part of the governments on earth may be termed monarchical aristocracies, or hereditary dominions independent of the people. ↗

— Ezra Stiles

#earth #governments #greater #hereditary #independent

I've spent a bit of time with the Prince of Wales, who I respect greatly. I'd give two cheers for the Monarchy. ↗

— Sting

#cheers #give #greatly #i #monarchy

In the kingdom of consumption the citizen is king. A democratic monarchy: equality before consumption, fraternity in consumption, and freedom through consumption. ↗

— Raoul Vaneigem

#citizen #consumption #democratic #equality #fraternity

Our rights come from God - not man, not a monarch, not a government. ↗

— Robert Hurt

#god #government #man #monarch #our

As Dio observed later, democracy sounded very well and good, “but its results are seen not to agree at all with its title. Monarchy, on the contrary, has an unpleasant sound, but is a most practical form of government to live under. For it is easier to find a single excellent man than many of them. ↗

— Stacy Schiff

#monarchy #politics #life

Entomologist Dr. Ovid Byron speaking to television journalist, Tina, who says, re. global warming, "Scientists of course are in disagreement about whether this is happening and whether humans have a role." He replies: "The Arctic is genuinely collapsing. Scientists used to call these things the canary in the mine. What they say now is, The canary is dead. We are at the top of Niagara Falls, Tina, in a canoe. There is an image for your viewers. We got here by drifting, but we cannot turn around for a lazy paddle back when you finally stop pissing around. We have arrived at the point of an audible roar. Does it strike you as a good time to debate the existence of the falls?" p.367 ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#climate-crisis #monarch-butterflies #change