Warning Quote by George Orwell

“It is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during 'God save the King' than of…

— George Orwell

England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality. In left-wing circles it is always felt that there…

— George Orwell

“The withdrawal of the king from the narrative exposes the king as an irrelevance. The one with all the power can do nothing to…

— Walter Brueggemann

“If a king should fall under such contempt or envy that he could not keep his subjects in their duty but by oppression and…

— Thomas More

“Someone who spoke English had been listening to his speeches of promised freedom and would have realized they were the drunken lies of men…

— Bill Carter

“In God’s kingdom we are not just people He saves but fellow heirs of all that the King has.”

— Hugh Halter

“The world is filled with Kings and Queens, Who blind your eyes, and steal your dreams.”

— Black Sabbath

“A long time ago there lived a king who was famed for his wisdom through all the land. Nothing was hidden from him, and…

— Jacob Grimm

“It’s the obvious, painful example, yes. The scandalous thing, really, is that I do not believe the English are the most superior beings to…

— Maya Rodale

“Indeed, during the ensuring centuries, Englishmen repeatedly protested that a king could “not break or dispense with the positive laws,” and they asked, “What…

— Philip Hamburger

“In England a king hath little more to do than to make war and give away places; which in plain terms, is to impoverish…

— Thomas Paine

“A king is but a foolish labourer Who wastes his blood to be another's dream. -from "Fergus and the Druid”

— W.B. Yeats