“She [Mary I] married Philip King of Spain, who in her sister's reign, was famous for building Armadas.” BuildingKingsMarriedMaryReignSpainPhilip Book:Love and Freindship: Top Essays Source: Love and Freindship: Top Essays
“In Mexico the gods ruled, the priests interpreted and interposed, and the people obeyed.In Spain, the priests ruled, the king interpreted and interposed, and the gods obeyed. A nuance in an ideological difference is a wide chasm.” PeopleDifferencesKingsWidePriestsMexicoSpainIdeologicalNuanceChasms Author:Richard Condon
“Superciliousness is not safe after all, because a person who forms the habit of wearing it may some day find his lower lip grown permanently projected beyond the upper, so that he can't get it back, and must go through life looking like the King of Spain.” MayPersonsBookFormKingsHabitSafeLipsSpain Book:Gentle Julia Source: Gentle Julia
“I am more afraid of making a fault in my Latin than of the Kings of Spain, France, Scotland, the whole House of Guise, and all of their confederates.” WholeHouseKingsFaultsFranceLatinScotlandSpainGuiseConfederate Author:Elizabeth I
“Heroic ages are not and never were sentimental and those daring conquistadores who conquered entire worlds for their Spain or Portugal received lamentably little thanks from their kings.” WorldLittlesAgeKingsGratitudeThanksHeroicDaringSentimentalSpainPortugal Author:Stefan Zweig
“Why should the brave Spanish soldiers brag? The sunne never sets in the Spanish dominions, but ever shineth on one part or other we have conquered for our king.” ShouldKingsBraveSoldierPossessionSpainDominionBrag Author:John Smith
“Los Padres have everything and the people have nothing; 'tis the masterpiece of reason and justice. For my part, I know nothing so divine as Los Padres who make war on Kings of Spain and Portugal and in Europe act as their confessors; who here kill Spaniards and at Madrid send them to Heaven.” PeopleKnowsWarReasonHeavenJusticeDivineKingsEuropeMasterpieceSpainPortugalMadridSpaniards Book:The Portable Voltaire Source: The Portable Voltaire
“Christians are beginning to lose the spirit of intolerance which animated them: experience has shown the error of the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, and of the persecution of those Christians in France whose belief differed a little from that of the king. They have realized that zeal for the advancement of religion is different from a due attachment to it; and that in order to love it and fulfil its behests, it is not necessary to hate and persecute those who are opposed to it.” LittlesDifferentChristianSpiritHateOrderBeliefLosesKingsErrorsJewDuesFranceAttachmentIntolerancePersecutionSpainAdvancementZealAnimatedExpulsion Author:Baron de Montesquieu
“In England they need a king, in Spain they need a king, in France there is no more king. But they consider the president as if he was a king.” IfsNeedsPresidentKingsEnglandFranceSpain Author:Gaspar Noe