“Do behold the king in his glory, King Sequoia. Behold! Behold! seems all I can say.... Well may I fast, not from bread but from business, bookmaking, duty doing & other trifles.... I’m in the woods woods woods, & they are in mee-ee-ee.... I wish I were wilder & so bless Sequoia I will be.” WellsMayI CanSeemsWishDutyKingsGloryWoodsBreadBlessTriflesWilderRedwoods Author:John Muir
“Human rights did not begin with the French Revolution...[they] really stem from a mixture of Judaism and Christianity...[we English] had 1688, our quiet revolution, where Parliament exerted its will over the King...it was not the sort of Revolution that France's was...'Liberty, equality, fraternity' - they forgot obligations and duties I think. And then of course the fraternity went missing for a long time.” ThinkingHumansLongCoursesLibertyChristianityRightsMissingDutyRevolutionKingsQuietLong TimeHuman RightsObligationFranceStemJudaismParliamentMixturesFraternityFrench Revolution Book:As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations Source: As I said to Denis--: the Margaret Thatcher book of quotations
“England is perhaps the only great country whose intellectuals are ashamed of their own nationality. In left-wing circles it is always felt that there is something slightly disgraceful in being an Englishman and that it is a duty to snigger at every English institution, from horse racing to suet puddings. It is a strange fact, but it is unquestionably true that almost any English intellectual would feel more ashamed of standing to attention during God save the King than of stealing from a poor box.” FeelsCountryFactsLeftFeltPoorAttentionStrangeDutyKingsIntellectualStandingHorseEnglandInstitutionsWingsBoxesCirclesStealingAshamedRacingNationalityEnglishmenLeft WingGreat CountryPuddingDisgracefulHorse Racing Book:A Collection of Essays Source: A Collection of Essays
“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.” IfsHardWould BeDutyKingsConventionalMonarchsGood Kings Author:A. J. P. Taylor
“Music must be supported by the king and the princes, for the maintenance of the arts is their duty no less than the maintenance of the laws.” ArtLawDutyKingsArt IsMaintenance Author:Martin Luther
“I owe no duty to the forum, the election ground or the senate; I am ... no barking pleader, no judge, no soldier, no king; I have withdrawn from the populace. My only business is with myself. I have no care save not to care. The better life you would more enjoy in seclusion than in publicity. But you will decry me as indolent. ... None is born for another, being destined to die for himself.” CareDiesEnjoyBornJudgingDutyKingsElectionSoldierSenateDestinedBetter LifePublicityForumsSeclusion Author:Tertullian
“She, too, spoke only when the queen or king addressed her first, but she looked searchingly at every supplicant, and her clear face said that she had opinions about everything she heard, and that it was her proud duty to think out those opinions, and make them responsible and coherent.” ThinkingFirstsSaidFacesOpinionClearHeardDutyProudKingsResponsibleQueensSpokes Book:Deerskin Source: Deerskin