“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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The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen.
A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable.
Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.