2,112 Quotes About Kings

It was shepherds who were the first to recognize a king that the rest of the world refused to acknowledge.

As great as kings may be, they are what we are: they can err like other men.

A true king is neither husband nor father; he considers his throne and nothing else.

I believe everything to be just when a king ordains it.

The universe has no prince or king that it [Rome] would consider equal to its humblest citizen.

He on whom heaven confers a sceptre knows not the weight till he bears it.

I would not like a king who could obey.

The king, just and prudent, wants only those things which he can get.

Liberty may be of no more use Than stirring up the flame of civil wars; Then, by disorder fatal to the world, One wants no king, the other wants no equal.