Rulers Quotes
The offer of Darius was to pay him ten thousand talents, to cede to him all the countries west of the Euphrates, and to give him his daughter in marriage. Parmenio had urged him to take the offer. Alexander then went on and defeat Darius and the Persions who far outnumbered his forces. Asia then had one king who was more popular than Darius had been.
The largest kingdom the world had known was divided up among his generals.
If men's minds were as easily controlled as their tongues, every king would sit safely on his throne
Spinoza’s ideas were considered so radical and dangerous that he was the only man in history who was excommunicated by the Catholics, the Jews and the Muslims.
“Magistrates” at the time were rulers and heads of government and state. There was little or no separation of powers and the chief magistrate could make edicts and laws, enforce them and be the judge and jury as well. In the United States, the President is also called the “Chief Magistrate” even though his powers are only within the Executive Branch. For us today, “Magistrate” usually refers to a judge or other official of the Judicial Branch.
He was distressed that “civilized” England had no way to get rid of an incompetent Prime Minister or other political leader, much less as incompetent king. (The King still held some power and influence then.
The Greek culture was quite sexist. However, all cultures had observed strong women, some who ruled and others where wives or mistresses of rulers were very influential if not powerful.
Here Khomeini takes the classic Islamic view of the Koran that leaders should be obeyed unless they do not follow Islam. To the leaders of Islamic nations, this means that even if the state is not a theocracy, the Muslim clergy has the final say as to whether a ruler may justly remain in power since they are the ones who determine if a ruler is properly following Islam.
