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Mark Twain2 quotes
All kings is mostly rapscallions. — Mark Twain · 1884The kingly office is entitled to no respect. It was originally procured by the highwayman's methods; it remains a perpetuated crime, can never be anything but the symbol of a crime. — Mark Twain · 1888Denis Diderot1 quote
And with the guts of the last priest
Let's wring the neck of the last king. — Denis Diderot · 1772Thomas Jefferson1 quote
While in Europe, I often amused myself with contemplating the characters of the then reigning sovereigns of Europe. Lous XVI was a fool, of my own knowledge, and in despite of the answers made at his trial. The King of Spain was a fool, and of Naples the same. They passed their lives in hunting, and despatched two courtiers a week, one thousand miles, to let each other know what game they had killed the preceding days. The King of Sardinia was a fool. All these were Bourbons. The Queen of Portugal, a Braganza, was an idiot by nature. And so was the King of Denmark. Their sons, as regents, exercised the powers of government. The King of Prussia, successor to the great Frederick, was a mere hog in body as well as in mind. Gustavus of Sweden, and Joseph of Austria, were really crazy, and George of England you know was in a straight waistcoat. — Thomas Jefferson · 1810Thomas Paine1 quote
When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary. — Thomas Paine · 1776