Shah Dynasty/constitutional Monarchy 1990-2008

Famous quotes containing the words shah and/or monarchy:

    “Varis Shah says habits don’t die even if we are cut into pieces.”
    —Varis Shah (18th cent.)

    “A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends on his own power to rule, must strengthen that power by bribing the active and enterprising whom he cannot intimidate.”
    —James Fenimore Cooper (1789–1851)