King James I Quotes
This I must say for Scotland. Here [London] I sit and govern with my pen. I write and it is done, and … I govern Scotland now, which others could not do by the sword.
James I, 1566-1625, King of Great Britain & Scotland (James VI of Scotland), Quoted in Tom Steel, Scotland’s Story
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Hobson, like Mark Twain in America, was a major critic of imperialism.
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1st Earl of Beaconsfield
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The papyrus appears to be an instruction booklet for government officials.
This was the lesson we learned in Iraq and Afghanistan. Unfortunately, American leadership at the time knew little of this quotation.
Not all kings were uncaring aristocrats and a few were excellent, compassionate, rulers. Most were not however.
James VI and I was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625. The kingdoms of Scotland and England were individual sovereign states, with their own parliaments, judiciaries, and laws, though both were ruled by James in personal union.
