Jean de la Bruyere Quotes
We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly.
Jean de La Bruyere, 1644-1696, French Writer, Of Great Nobles
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Honore Gabriel Victor Requiti
In the British Constitutional Monarchy of the Victorian Era, the Queen still possessed enormous power and many in Parliament was constantly trying to have Parliament assume many of the Queen’s powers. The Prime Minister was in an awkward position. On the one hand, he was the Queen’s Prime Minister and leader of HER government. At the same time he was the leader of the political party that had won the last Parliamentary election. His party was trying to usurp some of the Queen’s powers and Peel explained to the Queen’s assistant that he would generally side with the Queen against his own party. It is doubtful that Anson and the Queen believed Peel on this point as his position as Prime Minister depended not on his being elected by the voters but by his party members of Parliament. In modern times, the British monarch has few real powers but is still very influential so there are no struggles over power with Parliament.
1st Duke of Wellington. The King was somewhat delusional, and there is no historical records of his ever having personally fought in the Napoleonic wars at all. This quotation has often been nominated for the most tactful in history.
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Jean de La Bruyère was a French philosopher and moralist, who was noted for his satire.
