Chains Quote by Patrick Henry

The King has degenerated into a tyrant and forfeits all rights to his subjects' obedience.

— Patrick Henry

“A ruler who discerning justice refuseth to it the sanction of law, demanding abnegation of rights and self-sacrifice, will not drive his subjects to…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Again, where the people are absolute rulers of the land, they rejoice in having the openness and exuberance of youth, while a tyrant counts…

— Euripides

“The power of a king was not absolute, after all: it could be restrained by the will of the people.”

— Ken Follett

“Many of the greatest tyrants on the records of history have begun their reigns in the fairest manner. But the truth is, this unnatural…

— Edmund Burke

“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

“Kings will be tyrants by policy when subjects are rebels from principle.”

— Edmund Burke

“Let the son of a king be a king, I will rule them in their kingdom”

— Dr.P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“Your King rules over everything that would discourage and disappoint you, and he rules for your good and his glory. What is out of…

— Paul David Tripp

“When unjust laws are duly weighed, The king, too, may be disobeyed. They owed their true prince everything.”

— Pedro Calderón de la Barca

The king is as much bound by his oath not to infringe the legal rights of the people, as the people are bound to…

— Jonathan Mayhew

“There is something exceedingly ridiculous in the composition of monarchy; it first excludes a man from the means of information, yet empowers him to…

— Thomas Paine