“I closed the gulf of anarchy and brought order out of chaos. I rewarded merit regardless of birth or wealth, wherever I found it. I abolished feudalism and restored equality to all regardless of religion and before the law. I fought the decrepit monarchies of the Old Regime because the alternative was the destruction of all this. I purified the Revolution.” LawOrderFoundWealthRevolutionBirthDestructionChaosAlternativesMeritAnarchyRegimesMonarchyFeudalismDecrepit Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“The revolution has overthrown the monarchy, true! But perhaps this means that the revolution simply has driven the skin disease inside the organism.” MeanRevolutionDiseaseSkinsDrivenOrganismsMonarchy Author:Maxim Gorky
“Vernon Bogdanor's account The Monarchy and the Constitution is written as much in the shadow of Edmund Burke as it is of Walter Bagehot. He stresses the organic development of the British constitution, prefers evolution to revolution, and thinks stability is better than strife.” ThinkingWrittenRevolutionDevelopmentEvolutionShadowAccountsConstitutionStressBritishStabilityStrifeMonarchyBritish HistoryBritish Constitution Author:David Cannadine
“A Tory..., since the revolution, may be defined in a few words, to be a lover of monarchy, though without abandoning liberty; anda partizan of the family of Stuart. As a Whig may be defined to be a lover of liberty though without renouncing monarchy; and a friend to the settlement in the protestant line.” MayLinesLibertyRevolutionLoversDefinedMonarchyProtestantsSettlementFew Words Author:David Hume
“There is nothing in the world I hold in greater horror than to see a body moving against its head: and I shall be very careful notto ally myself with such a monster.” WorldBodyMovingGreaterRevolutionHorrorCarefulMonstersAlliesMonarchy Author:Elizabeth I
“In comparison to the French Revolution, the American Revolution has come to seem a parochial and rather dull event. This, despitethe fact that the American Revolution was successful--realizing the purposes of the revolutionaries and establishing a durable political regime--while the French Revolution was a resounding failure, devouring its own children and leading to an imperial despotism, followed by an eventual restoration of the monarchy.” ChildrenFactsSeemsPoliticalPurposeRealizingSuccessfulEventsRevolutionRevolutionaryDullComparisonRegimesMonarchyRestorationDespotismAmerican RevolutionFrench RevolutionDevouring Author:Irving Kristol
“If the corrupt Jordanian monarchy were overthrown, it would be the ideal opportunity to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, because the West Bank and Jordan could then be united. There is already a Palestinian majority in Jordan, and there is enough room for everyone there. That would be the best revolution I could imagine.” IfsEnoughWould BeOpportunityUnitedRoomsImagineRevolutionConflictIdealsMajorityWestSolveBeing The BestPalestinianIsraeliMonarchyJordanIsraeli Palestinian Conflict Author:Tom Segev
“In fact, after having abolished the monarchy, the best of all governments, [the French Revolution] had transferred all the public power to the people - the people... ever easy to deceive and to lead into every excess” PeopleFactsGovernmentEasyRevolutionExcessDeceivingMonarchyFrench Revolution Author:Pope Pius VI
“The Middle East has gone through periods of turmoil before. In the 1950s and 1960s, there were revolutions. When monarchies were collapsing in a number of countries, we had radicals and we had Nasserism. Today it's a little bit more complicated.” LittlesCountryTodayBitsNumbersGoneMiddleRevolutionPeriodsLittle BitComplicatedEastRadicalMiddle East1960sMonarchyTurmoil Author:Adel al-Jubeir