Adversaries Quote by Howard Staunton

For playing a man to a square to which it cannot be legally moved, the adversary, at his option, may require him to move…

— Howard Staunton

A king is sometimes obliged to commit crimes; but they are the crimes of his position.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The king is the man who can.

— Anonymous

A people may let a king fall, yet still remain a people, but if a king let his people slip from him, he is…

— Abigail Adams

“A king does not abide within his tent while his men bleed and die upon the field. A king does not dine while his…

— Steven Pressfield

“Even the truest knight cannot protect a king against himself”

— George Raymond Richard Martin

“The only way I can keep clear of force is by justice. Far from being willing to execute his enemies, a real king must…

— T.H. White

No kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave.…

— James Burgh

When you strike at a king, you must kill him.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

When the King is checked, or any valuable Piece in danger from the attack of an enemy, you are said to interpose a man…

— Howard Staunton

“I once saw a spindly man carrying a stone larger than his head upon his back. He stumbled beneath the weight, shirtless under the…

— Brandon Sanderson

Kill the king but spare the man.

— Thomas Paine