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Monarchism
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..bid her beware of French principles, which had led the French to cut off their king’s and queen’s heads.
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― My Lady Ludlow
― My Lady Ludlow
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It was inevitable under a monarchy, however benevolent the monarch. The old virtues disappear. Independence and frankness are at a discount. Complacent anticipation of the monarch's wishes is then the greatest of all virtues. One must either be a good monarch like yourself, or a good courtier like myself—either an Emperor or an idiot.
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― Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina
― Claudius the God and His Wife Messalina
