Freedom of the press is essential to the preservation of a democracy; but there is a difference between freedom and license. Editorialists who tell downright lies in order to advance their own agendas do more to discredit the press than all the censors in the world.

The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses.

I am a monarch of God's creation, and you reptiles of the earth dare not oppose me. I render an account of my government to none save God and Jesus Christ.

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

I did not usurp the crown. I picked it up from the gutter; the people placed it on my head. I was king of the people as the Bourbons are kings of the nobles.

All authority is in the throne; and what is the throne? This wooden frame covered with velvet? No, I am the throne.