“When you say that [Martin Luther] King was a prophet, you don't say that he predicted anything; you say that he bore witness. He left a committed life so that people would never forget the suffering of people that he was connected to. King was prophetic because he lived a committed life. Now he did critique society, saying you're going to go under if you don't treat your poor right. I mean, that is part of prophetic calling, but it's not predicting anything.” PeopleIfsMeanSufferingLeftForgetPoorKingsCallingTreatsCommittedConnectedWitnessProphetNever ForgetBoresLutherCritiquePropheticPredicting Author:Cornel West
“New Rule: All Fox News employees must now refer to President Bush as "my liege". If they are going to treat President Bush like he's an infallible king, they need to start addressing him as if he was an infallible king. And they can do this by addressing him as "my liege".” IfsNeedsPresidentCan DoKingsNewsTreatsEmployeeFoxesPresident BushInfallibleFox News Author:Bill Maher
“I, who am king of the matter I treat, and who owe an accounting for it to no one, do not for all that believe myself in all I write. I often hazard sallies of my mind which I mistrust.” WritingMindBelieveSelfMatterTrustKingsTreatsAccountingHazardsOf My MindMistrustSelf Trust Book:Complete Essays Source: Complete Essays
“If you play a king, it's better if everybody treats you like a king.” IfsPlayKingsTreats Author:Christopher Walken
“Society has always been the free man's greatest enemy. And the free man has been society's greatest friend. How did society treat Jesus, Socrates, Galileo, or Martin Luther King? Yet look what they have left behind.” MenLooksHas BeensJesusLeftBehindsEnemyKingsTreatsLeft BehindLutherFree Man Author:Laurence Boldt
“When you get a man, you have to nurture him. Treat him like a king. If you put that little work in in the beginning, it pays off.” IfsMenLittlesPayKingsTreatsNurture Author:Tameka Cottle
“If they [Plato and Aristotle] wrote about politics it was as if to lay down rules for a madhouse. And if they pretended to treat it as something really important it was because they knew that the madmen they were talking to believed themselves to be kings and emperors. They humored these beliefs in order to calm down their madness with as little harm as possible.” IfsLittlesImportantOrderBeliefTalkingKingsTreatsMadnessLaysCalmHarmPlatoEmperorMadmenCalm DownMadhousesPlato And Aristotle Author:Blaise Pascal