Famous quotes containing the words july, monarchy, guizot and/or government:
“July 4. Statistics show that we lose more fools on this day than in all the other days of the year put together. This proves, by the number left in stock, that one Fourth of July per year is now inadequate, the country has grown so.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)
“Why doesn’t the United States take over the monarchy and unite with England? England does have important assets. Naturally the longer you wait, the more they will dwindle. At least you could use it for a summer resort instead of Maine.”
—W.H. (Wystan Hugh)
“The spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty.”
—François Guizot (1787–1874)
“The government is us; we are the government, you and I.”
—Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919)