When kings the sword of justice first lay down, They are no kings, though they possess the crown. Titles are shadows, crowns are empty things, The good of subjects is the end of kings.
Daniel Defoe
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For on his throne his sceptre do they sway;
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'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look ... PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Reapers are the hands of Death. Death might be the judge, but the Reapers are the executioners. They... DONNA GRANT This is the Manifesto of Little Monster There is something heroic about the way my fans operate... LADY GAGA But would you kindly ponder this question: What would your good do if evil didn't exist, and w... MIKHAIL BULGAKOV Kings are in the moral order what monsters are in the natural HENRI GREGOIRE They say that kings are made in the image of God. If that is what he looks like, I feel sorry for Go... FREDERICK THE GREAT In the Middle Ages, I think the French kings murdered slightly fewer of their family members than th... KAREN MAITLAND Beauty is the light within. Only when you see the light within yourself will others see it in you. F. JOHNSON The revision of the books of Judges, Samuel, and Kings, undertaken towards the end of the Babylonian... JULIUS WELLHAUSEN Punctuality is the politeness of kings. LOUIS XVIII Punctuality is the politeness of kings. LOUIS XVIII OF FRANCE Punctuality is the politeness of kings LOUIS XVIII OF FRANCE The heart of kings is unsearchable. BIBLE Don't forget your great guns, which are the most respectable arguments of the rights of kings. FREDERICK THE GREAT Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world. THOMAS CARLYLE Across the sea fat kings watched and were gleeful, that something begun so well had now gone off the... GEORGE SAUNDERS On my velvet couch reclining,
Ivy leaves my brow entwining,
While my soul expands with glee,
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DANIEL ESPINOSA I always loved when James Stewart did roles that were not so dialogue-based, like 'Vertigo.' DANIEL ESPINOSA I made this Swedish movie called 'Snabba Cash,' or 'Easy Money,' and it was shown at... DANIEL ESPINOSA I looked at early movies with Robert Redford, and I like how Robert, even though he had that automat... DANIEL ESPINOSA For me, it's important that the script is good. Then a good director will want to make it. DANIEL ESPINOSA Chileans have this rumor that they're great soccer players, but I stunk as a soccer player. I al... DANIEL ESPINOSA It must have been fascinating for Bono to have Johnny Cash do a cover of his song, and hear how he t... DANIEL ESPINOSA I come from the working-class area of Stockholm, and I grew up with Serbian and Chilean people. DANIEL ESPINOSA If you just storyboard something, you've already planned it, and you're stuck in the limitat... DANIEL ESPINOSA Creating stuff is hard. But, if that terrifies you, you will just be numb, and you better just stay ... DANIEL ESPINOSA I did two movies that were arthouse movies; they were critically successful but made no money at all... DANIEL ESPINOSA Gangster movies are the inheritor of the Greek tragedy: it's the only genre where the audience w... DANIEL ESPINOSA I want to challenge my cinematography and my editing. DANIEL ESPINOSA When you're 16, the top of the world is directing a gangster movie. DANIEL ESPINOSA It's really hard to get a coffee with someone. I have to call my agent, my agent calls their age... DANIEL ESPINOSA The fact is that when it comes to judgment as to what should be secret and what should not be secret... DANIEL ELLSBERG I agree that there are things that should be kept secret. DANIEL ELLSBERG It was a good 15 or 20 years before anyone at Rand would be in the same room with me. They didn'... DANIEL ELLSBERG If there's another 9/11 or a major war in the Middle-East involving a U.S. attack on Iran, I hav... DANIEL ELLSBERG President Johnson put destroyers in harm's way in the Tonkin Gulf not only once, but several tim... DANIEL ELLSBERG Obama is making a choice now that will lead to the deaths of many thousands of civilians in Afghanis... DANIEL ELLSBERG Nixon did have a secret plan, and I knew that it involved making threats of nuclear war to North Vie... DANIEL ELLSBERG If monarchy is corrupting - and it is - wait till you see what overt empire does to us. DANIEL ELLSBERG Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be beli... DANIEL ELLSBERG