„But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise,
Kings would not play at.“
— William Cowper, The Task
Quelle: The Task (1785), Book V, The Winter Morning Walk, Line 187.
„In the early ages of the world, according to the Scripture chronology there were no kings; the consequence of which was, there were no wars; it is the pride of kings which throws mankind into confusion.“
— Thomas Paine, buch Common Sense
Quelle: 1770s, Common Sense (1776)
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— Martin Luther seminal figure in Protestant Reformation 1483 - 1546
Sermon on The Gospel for the Festival of the Epiphany, 1522.
Luther's Works, American Ed., Hans J. Hillerbrand, Helmut T. Lehmann eds., Philadelphia, Concordia Publishing House/Fortress Press, 1974, ISBN 0800603524 (Sermons II), vol. 52:198
— Benjamin Fish Austin Nineteenth-century Canadian educator/Methodist Minister/Spiritualist 1850 - 1933
Sermon (1899)
— Dean Acheson, buch Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department
Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department (1969), State Department Management, Leadership Perspectives
„I take pride as the king of illiterature.“
— Kurt Cobain American musician and artist 1967 - 1994
Very Ape.
Song lyrics, In Utero (1993)
— Jadunath Sarkar Indian historian 1870 - 1958
Shivaji and his Times, pages 479-480, by Sir Jadunath Sarkar; published by Orient Longman.
— Firishta Indian historian 1560 - 1620
Sultãn Qulî Qutb Shãh of Golconda (AD 1507-1543) Dewarconda (Andhra Pradesh)
Tãrîkh-i-Firishta
— Prem Rawat controversial spiritual leader 1957
Peace Bomb satsang, 11 October 1970, India Gate, New Delhi, India (translated from Hindi)
1970s
„The Macedonian people and their kings were of Greek stock“
— J. B. Bury Irish historian and freethinker 1861 - 1927
2nd ed. (1913), p. 683 http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015026609167;view=1up;seq=725
A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great (1913)
Kontext: The Macedonian people and their kings were of Greek stock, as their traditions and the scanty remains of their language combine to testify.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel Polish-American Conservative Judaism Rabbi 1907 - 1972
"The idolatry of might," Volume 1, p. 159
The Prophets (1962)
„And, indeed, if the intellectual ability of kings and magistrates were exerted to the same degree in peace as in war, human affairs would be more orderly and settled, and you would not see governments shifted from hand to hand, and things universally changed and confused. For dominion is easily secured by those qualities by which it was at first obtained. But when sloth has introduced itself in the place of industry, and covetousness and pride in that of moderation and equity, the fortune of a state is altered together with its morals; and thus authority is always transferred from the less to the more deserving.“
Quod si regum atque imperatorum animi virtus in pace ita ut in bello valeret, aequabilius atque constantius sese res humanae haberent neque aliud alio ferri neque mutari ac misceri omnia cerneres. Nam imperium facile iis artibus retinetur, quibus initio partum est. Verum ubi pro labore desidia, pro continentia et aequitate lubido atque superbia invasere, fortuna simul cum moribus inmutatur. Ita imperium semper ad optumum quemque a minus bono transferetur.
— Sallust Roman historian, politician -86 - -34 v.Chr
Quelle: Bellum Catilinae (c. 44 BC), Chapter II, sections 3-6; translation by Rev. John Selby Watson
— Jonathan Swift Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, and poet 1667 - 1745
Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711-1726)
„Yeah, the world would swing if I were king.
Can I help it if I still dream time to time?“
— Tom Petty American musician 1950 - 2017
It's Good To Be King
Lyrics, Wildflowers (1994)
„They were more than kings, now they are less than slaves.“
— Pierre Corneille, Sertorius
Ils etaient plus que rois; ils sont moindres qu'esclaves.
Sertorius, act III, scene i
Sertorius describes Roman citizens after they had fallen under tyranny.
Sertorius (1662)
— John Dryden, buch Fables, Ancient and Modern
The First Book of Homer's Ilias
Fables, Ancient and Modern (1700)
„He seems to have declared war on the King’s English as well as on the English king.“
— Arthur Conan Doyle Scottish physician and author 1859 - 1930
Quelle: His Last Bow: 8 Stories
