Absolute Monarchies

Famous quotes containing the words absolute and/or monarchies:

    A wise parent humours the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.
    Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865)

    If our vaunted “rule of the people” does not breed nobler men and women than monarchies have done—it must and will inevitably give place to something better.
    Anna Julia Cooper (1859–1964)