2,112 Quotes About Kings

  • Author Ursula K. Le Guin
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    If women had power, what would men be but women who can't bear children? And what would women be but men who can?" "Hah!" went Tenar; and presently, with some cunning, she said, "Haven't there been queens? Weren't they women of power?" "A queen's only a she-king," said Ged. She snorted. "I mean, men give her power. They let her use their power. But it isn't hers, is it? It isn't because she's a woman that she's powerful, but despite it.

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  • Author Walton Goggins
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    Unfortunately, when you're the king of the hill, there's really only one way to go, and that's down.

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  • Author William Gurnall
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    Can Christ be in thou heart and thou not know it? Can one king be dethroned and another crowned in thy soul and thou hear no scuffle?

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  • Author William Gurnall
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    As you love your peace, Christian, be plain-hearted with God and man, and keep the king's highway.

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  • Author William Gurnall
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    How can God stoop lower than to come and dwell with a poor humble soul? Which is more than if he had said, such a one should dwell with him; for a beggar to live at court is not so much as the king to dwell with him in his cottage.

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  • Author A. P. Herbert
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    The whole Constitution has been erected upon the assumption that the King not only is capable of doing wrong but is more likely to do wrong than other men if he is given the chance.

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