Walter Bagehot Quotes About Royalty

• The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other.

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  The English Constitution "The Monarchy" (1867)

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• The Sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, three rights - the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right to warn. And a king of great sense and sagacity would want no others.

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  The English Constitution "The Monarchy (continued)" (1867)

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• A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.

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  Walter Bagehot (1930). “The English Constitution: And Other Political Essays”, p.53, Lulu.com

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• Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions. A Republic is a government in which that attention is divided between many, who are all doing uninteresting actions. Accordingly, so long as the human heart is strong and the human reason weak, Royalty will be strong because it appeals to diffused feeling, and Republics weak because they appeal to the understanding.

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  'The English Constitution' (1867) 'The Monarchy'

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• Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions.

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  'The English Constitution' (1867) 'The Monarchy'

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