Saudi Arabia is a frightened monarchy. It’s beset by Sunni extremists from the Islamic State and Shiite extremists backed by Iran. – David Ignatius
The monarchy is finished. It was finished a while ago, but they’re still making the corpses dance. – Sue Townsend
In the Roman commonwealth, even on the conversion of the monarchy into a republic, the old was as far as possible retained. – Theodor Mommsen
