Many good men have been bad kings, Maester Aemon used to…

What are you doing for others?

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“Good men can make terrible kings,' Tindwyl noted. 'But bad men cannot make good kings.' Sazed said. 'It is better to start with a…

— Brandon Sanderson

There has been a comparatively greater proportion of good queens, than of good kings.

— Sarah Moore Grimke

A good king is a public servant.

— Ben Jonson

There is some good in the worst of us, and some evil in the best of us.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

There comes a time when one must take the position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must do it because…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

George VI in the conventional parlance was a Good King who sacrificed his life to his sense of duty. If we are to have…

— A. J. P. Taylor

Good kings are slaves, and their people are free.

— Marie Leszczynska

Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions, and consequently of no use to a good king or a good ministry;…

— Jonathan Swift

“Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can…

— Martin Luther King Jr

If you can’t run, walk; if you can’t walk, crawl, but keep moving forward!

— Martin Luther King, Jr

The House of Peers, throughout the war, Did nothing in particular, And did it very well: Yet Britain set the world ablaze In good…

— Walter Raleigh

It seems to us unwise to have insisted on teaching geometry to the younger Dionysius, tyrant of Syracuse, in order to make him a…

— Bertrand Russell

We all have known good critics, who have stamped out poet's hopes; Good statesmen, who pulled ruin on the state; Good patriots, who, for…

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to…

— Martin Luther King, Jr