Raven Crown - Hereditary Kings of Bhutan

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“People think they have taken quite an extraordinarily bold step forward when they have rid themselves of belief in hereditary monarchy and swear by the democratic republic. In reality, however, the state is nothing but a machine for the oppression of one class by another, and indeed in the democratic republic no less than in the monarchy.”
—Friedrich Engels (1820–1895)

“Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, able to discern between good and evil; for who can govern this your great people?”
—Bible: Hebrew, 1 Kings 3:9.

Solomon to God.