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"Monarch" is the first single from Delerium's album Music Box Opera featuring Lebanese singer Nadina.
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“Royalty is a Government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions. A Republic is a Government in which that attention is divided between many, who are all doing uninteresting things.”
“The insuperable objection to monarchy is that the king or queen is elevated, and respect is accorded, for no reason other than birth ... No one who believes either in the claims of merit or in the pursuit of equality can defend the system.”
“These Courts are not presumed to be the best acquainted with the rights and prerogatives of the Crown: in regard to such matters, we must look differently and respectfully to other authorities.”
“I have often thought that the case against retaining the monarchy, which I usually construct in terms of the way it institutionalises deference, can be expressed much more simply: it rots the brain.”
“The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary commonwealth.”
“The law was the golden met-wand, and measure to try the causes of the subjects; and which protected his Majesty in safety and in peace.”
Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.