Absolute Rule Quotes

… something with monarchical power in it would be most effectual for the settlement of the nation

A free and democratic society is not the norm. When you look to the history books, world history was not based on great democratic societies but on imperialism, absolute rule, kings, queens, monarchs, dictators.

By the splendour of God I have taken possession of my realm; the earth of England is in my two hands.

In your dread of dictators you established a state of society in which every ward boss is a dictator, every private employer a dictator, every financier a dictator, all with the livelihood of the workers at his mercy, and no public responsibility.

The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth, for kings are not only God's lieutenants upon earth and sit upon God's throne.

Sovereignty and kingship are never decided by academic debate. They are seized by force.

The king is from God, the law from the king.

In England, the sovereignty resides exclusively in the person or individual who is king. All Englishmen are his subjects. And the highest peer in the realm... has no share in the sovereignty.

The monarch is the law

It has been the dream of very few men to rule the entire world. - Dr. Grief

England is one if the great powers of the world, but this has not been brought about by Queen Victoria’s absolute rule. She had able men of Parliament back of her at all times and of course the discussed everything until the best result was obtained ... In China, I have 400 million people, all dependent on my judgement.

Constitutional Government in Naples is hopeless. What would suit us, would be an enlightened despotism—such a Government as Murat's might have ripened into had he stayed. We owe him nearly all the progress that we have made during the last three or four centuries. He gave us open legal procedure, the abolition of privileges, the diminution of ecclesiastical property, and the few roads which we possess. Now all is going backwards

A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.

Napoleon is always right.

Nobody ever recommended a dictatorship aiming at ends other than those he himself approved. He who advocates dictatorship always advocates the unrestricted rule of his own will

The kingdom is not divisible. Regnum non est divisible.

King's entreaties are commands.

Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball.

No king should rule absolutely, like a dictator.

Mobutu does not think he is God.

Absolute monarchy,... is the easiest death, the true Euthanasia of the BRITISH constitution.

Dictatorship: A system of government where everything that isn't forbidden is obligatory.

It is not for the people to give laws to the prince, but to obey his mandate.

All government is ultimately and essentially absolute.

The Vatican is the last absolute monarchy on earth.