Royal Power Quotes

To know how to dissimulate is the knowledge of kings.

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

One must never compromise with tyrants. One can only strike at kings through the head. Nothing can be expected from European kings except by force of arms. I vote for the death of the tyrant.

QUEEN, n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is not.

Beware! The royal Dahomean dynasty has stumbled but has not fallen. .

The coronation is a symbol of power, but it's not a symbol for us the people. It's a symbol for that person, who is a human, to become a higher being and become one with God. The church, the scepter, and the crown have been around forever. And the line of kings of England goes back thousands of years.

A king without power is an absurdity.

Soon there will only be five kings left, Spades, Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs and the King of England.

The French revolution was… to terminate the strife of kings among themselves, and to commence that between kings and people…. The princes of Europe, who had hitherto had no enemies but themselves, viewed it in the light of a common foe.

No country can be called free which is governed by an absolute power; and it matters not whether it be an absolute royal power or an absolute legislative power, as the consequences will be the same to the people.

Just as the habit does not make the monk, the sceptre does not make the king.

There are two principles by which the world is ruled: the authority of priests and the royal power. The authority of priests is the greater because God will demand an accounting of them even in regard to kings.

The world is now adayes, God save the Conquerour.

My crown is in my heart, not on my head; not decked with diamonds and Indian stones, nor to be seen: my crown is called content, a crown it is that seldom kings enjoy.

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

To censure princes is perilous, and to praise them is lying.

Viserys sold my mother's crown, and men called him a beggar. I shall keep this one, so men will call me a queen. (Daenerys)

For dogs we kings should have lions, and for cats, tigers. The great benefits a crown.

I became completely obsessed with the Royal family, or at least the psychology behind them.

An absolute monarch, who is rich without patrimony, may be charitable without merit; and Constantine too easily believed that he should purchase the favour of Heaven if he maintained the idle at the expense of the industrious, and distributed among the saints the wealth of the republic.

A king's word must stand.

Over the years to come, one thing is for certain: if the monarchy wishes to stay relevant and in power, it will have to change more.

If I can't have my own mate and my own children, then I can at least have my own kingdom.

… an anachronistic survival of monarchial privilege.

The clemency of Princes is often but policy to win the affections of the people.