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.
Bio: Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand was a French poet and dramatist. He is associated with neo-romanticism, and is known best for his play Cyrano de Bergerac.
