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“In Castling, the King must be moved first, or before the Rook is quitted. If the Rook be quitted before the King is touched, the opposing player may demand that the move of the Rook shall stand without the Castling being completed.”

Ifs Firsts May Moving Player Kings Demand Moved Touched Opposing

Author:Howard Staunton

“We cherish the conventional story of Dr. King and nonviolence, in fact, precisely because that narrative demands so little of us…This conventional narrative is soothing, moving, and politically acceptable, and has only the disadvantage of bearing no resemblance to what actually happened.”

Littles Facts Stories Moving Happened Kings Demand Narrative Cherish Acceptable Nonviolence Conventional Drs Disadvantages Soothing Resemblance

Author:Timothy B. Tyson

“You are in the same manner surrounded with a small circle of persons... full of desire. They demand of you the benefits of desire... You are therefore properly the king of desire. ...equal in this to the greatest kings of the earth... It is desire that constitutes their power; that is, the possession of things that men covet.”

Men Persons Earth Desire Kings Demand Equal Benefits Possession Circles

Book:Blaise Pascal: Thoughts, Letters, and Minor Works

Source: Blaise Pascal: Thoughts, Letters, and Minor Works

“No matter what obeisance the state may demand, we who serve the King are free indeed.”

May Matter States Kings Demand No Matter What

Author:R. C. Sproul, Jr.