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“A king is sometimes obliged to commit crimes; but they are the crimes of his position.”

Sometimes Crime Position Kings Commit Obliged

Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“Thou knowest not the endless artifices of a court. Invented crimes are often there alleged; but real ones, and those especially, which may offend his pride, are oftentimes not to a king divulged.”

May Real Crime Pride Kings Court Endless Artifice Real Ones

Book:The Tragedies of Vittorio Alfieri: Complete, Including His Posthumous Works

Source: The Tragedies of Vittorio Alfieri: Complete, Including His Posthumous Works

“All is forgiven to kings and popes. History grants them immunity, even a full pardon, even when they admit their crimes and glory in them.”

Crime Kings Glory Grants Pope Forgiven Pardon Immunity

Author:Robert Payne

“The king-becoming graces, As justice, verity, temp'rance, stableness, Bounty, perseverance, mercy, lowliness, Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude, I have no relish of them, but abound In the division of each several crime, Acting in many ways.”

Way Justice Acting Grace Crime Kings Becoming Mercy Perseverance Devotion Division Royalty Fortitude Relish Bounty Lowliness

Book:Macbeth

Source: Macbeth

“No nation ever taxed itself into prosperity. You could afford your house without the government-if it weren't for the government. Character matters; leadership descends from character. If you commit a crime, you're guilty. Compassion is no substitute for justice. Poverty is not the root cause of crime. The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. The Los Angeles riots were caused by rioters.”

Ifs Matter Character Government House Nations Causes Justice Compassion Poverty Crime Kings Roots Prosperity Commit Guilty Los Angeles Substitutes Riot Verdict Root Cause

Author:Rush Limbaugh

“[Pope Francis] continued to focus on migrants. He visited the Greek island of Lesbos, which was the front line of the European migrant crisis. And a month later, he accepted a prestigious European Union prize, but he scolded Europe for its treatment of migrants. And in a speech echoing Martin Luther King, he said I have a dream of a Europe where being a migrant is not a crime. So, yeah, he showed he can be quite outspoken on political issues.”

“It was the king's army, the king's people, the king's taxes; and he who questioned the propriety of the royal prerogative of taking from his people without return or accounting, was reckoned, and felt himself to be, a criminal, guilty of the highest crime of disloyalty.”

People Felt Crime Return Kings Taxes Highest Army Criminals Guilty Royal Accounting Propriety Prerogative Disloyalty

Author:John Buchanan Robinson