Sarah Moore Grimke Quotes

News flash, lady. There are no queens anymore,” Shane said. He loaded shells in a shotgun and snapped it shut, then searched for a place to strap it on that didn’t interfere with the flamethrower. “No queens, no kings, no emperors. Not in America. Only CEOs. Same thing, but not so many crowns.

You can no more have a fool as a king than a blind man to lead you along the road

You need a head of state--with continuity. Sometimes this is more important than political power.

She certainly is a great queen, and were she only a Catholic she would be our dearly beloved. Just look how well she governs; she is only a woman, only mistress of half an island, and yet she makes herself feared by Spain, by France, by the Empire, by all.

The monarchy is a labor-intensive industry.

With popular rulers, the wife can become the guardian of their greatness: Peter the Great was succeeded by his wife, Catherine I. Sometimes the wives are an improvement.

QUEEN, n. A woman by whom the realm is ruled when there is a king, and through whom it is ruled when there is not.

Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect the ones who can't protect themselves?

It is better to be without a king than to have a bad one.

At one time kings were anointed by Deity, so the problem was to see to it that Deity chose the right candidate. In this age the myth is "the will of the people" ... but the problem changes only superficially.

My father had no sons, so I became queen. The only thing I had to do was perform the role.

George VI in the conventional parlance was a Good King who sacrificed his life to his sense of duty. If we are to have monarchs it would be hard to find a better one.

All kings and queens are not born of royal bloodlines. Some become royal because of what they do once they realize who they are

Just remember, what the French say. No, probably not the French, they've got a president or something. The Brits, maybe, or the Swedes. You know what I mean?" "No, Matthew. What do they say?" "The king is dead, that's what they say. The king is dead. Long live the king.

Sometimes the king is a woman.

You could be the king but watch the queen conquer!

When a natural king becomes a titular king, every body is pleased and satisfied.

Son--they say there isn't any royalty in this country, but do you want me to tell you how to be king of the United States of America? Just fall through the hole in a privy and come out smelling like a rose.

I left England when I was four because I found out I could never be King.

There can only be one king.

Yes, but either way, shamed or not, I shall be Queen of England, and this is the last time you will sit in my presence.

To the glistening Eastern sea, I give you Queen Lucy, the Valiant. To the great Western Wood, King Edmund the Just. To the radiant Southern sun, Queen Susan, the Gentle; and to the clear Northern sky I give you King Peter, the Magnificent. Once a king or queen of Narnia, always a king or queen. May your wisdom grace us 'til the stars rain down from the heavens.

If you be King, why should not I succeed?

My seat has been the seat of kings, and I will have no rascal to succeed me.

There have been fewer friends on earth than kings.