"This romancing about the royal family is, I fear, only a minor symptom of the softening of the brain of socialists enervated by affluence, social prestige and political power."
— Monarchy

January 1, 1970

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Beatrice Webb on the 1929 Labour government. Quoted in 100 good reasons to be a Republican, "New Statesman", August 2000.