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a government ruled by a king, queen, or other supreme ruler; or such a ruling family; or such a country- He was imprisoned for insulting the Thai monarchy.
- In a constitutional monarchy like Great Britain's, survival of the monarchy depends upon popular consent.
- The monarchy is over three hundred years old, but it was forced to share power and adopt a constitution during the last century.
- The progress from an absolute to a limited monarchy, from a limited monarchy to a democracy, is a progress toward a true respect for the individual.Henry David Thoreau -- Resistance to Civil Government
- But Matilda, though of the royal Saxon blood, was not the heir to the monarchy.Sir Walter Scott -- Ivanhoe
- We cannot allow every lord with a measure of troops to believe that he can set himself up as ruler of his own petty monarchy.Christopher Paolini -- Inheritance
- "The Norris fear of the establishment of an absolute monarchy under Wilson is grotesque," said the Lincoln Star.John F. Kennedy -- Profiles in Courage
- "I didn't know the Glatun ever had a monarchy," Tyler said.John Ringo -- Live Free or Die
- An early attempt was absolute monarchy, passionately defended as the 'divine right of kings.'Robert A. Heinlein -- Starship Troopers
- The royalists around Addis Ababa, who believed in the Emperor and the monarchy, had set off bombs in government offices in the capital.Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone
- Lilly: Well, if you want to tolerate the excesses of the monarchy, you can be my guest, Michael.Meg Cabot -- The Princess Diaries
- In reality, I know but of one solid objection to absolute monarchy.Henry Fielding -- Tom Jones
- He said this knowing that his own country could not be a choice, as it was not a monarchy.Marissa Meyer -- Cinder
- I wondered what he'd say about the monarchy if he was here today.Kiera Cass -- The Elite
- "The Lakelands, they're like us, a monarchy, nobles, a Silver elite to rule the rest.Victoria Aveyard -- Red Queen
- On April 19, barely a week before the election, Chief Buthelezi accepted the offer of a constitutional role for the Zulu monarchy and agreed to participate.Nelson Mandela -- Long Walk to Freedom
- "I am an admirer of Montesquieu," replied Prince Andrew, "and his idea that le principe des monarchies est l'honneur me parait incontestable.Leo Tolstoy -- War and Peace
- The French Revolution in the late 1700s wasn't just an uprising of common people overthrowing the monarchy in favor of democracy and republicanism.Meg Cabot -- Queen of Babble
- High school is a divine-right monarchy.John Green -- Paper Towns
- One is monarchy, or kingship—which means there is only ne head of state.Jostein Gaarder -- Sophie's World