kingships

Yet they believed their "kingships," or city-states, were gifts dropped from heaven, so the biggest and best architecture was saved for the temples and palaces -- a tradition that hasn't really changed in 5,000 years.

Why Should We Care? 2007

But the point is that Polybius argued circa 130 BC that ROME had conquered the world because her mixed government made her stronger than the kingships she opposed.

Matthew Yglesias » By Request: The Case for Parliamentarism 2009

"Latinos are taking over the Mardi Gras parade kingships here and down there!"

Big Easy in the Big Apple Bruce Bennett 2011

He set up his Wikileaks website because he apparently believes all systems of government - democracies, dictatorships, kingships, whatever - are fundamentally corrupt and that only his exposures - whether through the use of stolen videos or unmasked diplomatic cables or the uncovered ruminations of spies - will lead to the true purification of societal behavior.

Stephen Schlesinger: The Cynicism of WikiLeaks Stephen Schlesinger 2010

He set up his Wikileaks website because he apparently believes all systems of government - democracies, dictatorships, kingships, whatever - are fundamentally corrupt and that only his exposures - whether through the use of stolen videos or unmasked diplomatic cables or the uncovered ruminations of spies - will lead to the true purification of societal behavior.

Stephen Schlesinger: The Cynicism of WikiLeaks Stephen Schlesinger 2010

He set up his WikiLeaks website because he apparently believes all systems of government -- democracies, dictatorships, kingships, whatever -- are fundamentally corrupt and that only his exposures -- whether through the use of stolen videos or unmasked diplomatic cables or the uncovered ruminations of spies -- will lead to the true purification of societal behavior.

Stephen Schlesinger: The Cynicism of WikiLeaks Stephen Schlesinger 2010

He set up his Wikileaks website because he apparently believes all systems of government - democracies, dictatorships, kingships, whatever - are fundamentally corrupt and that only his exposures - whether through the use of stolen videos or unmasked diplomatic cables or the uncovered ruminations of spies - will lead to the true purification of societal behavior.

Stephen Schlesinger: The Cynicism of WikiLeaks Stephen Schlesinger 2010

He set up his WikiLeaks website because he apparently believes all systems of government -- democracies, dictatorships, kingships, whatever -- are fundamentally corrupt and that only his exposures -- whether through the use of stolen videos or unmasked diplomatic cables or the uncovered ruminations of spies -- will lead to the true purification of societal behavior.

Stephen Schlesinger: The Cynicism of WikiLeaks Stephen Schlesinger 2010

Third, “insofar as the covenant with Israel sanctions specific forms of government, the main ones are illiberal and undemocratic;” including patriarchy, theocracy, and kingships established by divine right.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Bloggingheads TV on Moses as the essential American hero 2009

You cannot diplomatically persuade Burmese military leaders to give up their kingships.

Myanmar Generals Should be Tried for Cyclone Victims Genocide: Joel Brinkley/ Stanford University 2008