King Quotes

Here is a law which is above the King and which even he must not break. This reaffirmation of a supreme law and its expression in a general charter is the great work of Magna Carta; and this alone justifies the respect in which men have held it.

In place of the King's arbitrary despotism they proposed, not the withering anarchy of feudal separatism, but a system of checks and balances which would accord the monarchy its necessary strength, but would prevent its perversion by a tyrant or a fool.

I have not become the Kings First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.

There is nothing like oratory, it is a skill that can turn a commoner into a king.

The king is gone but he's not forgotten.

This imitation Elvis may not be the king, but baby I'm the next best thing.

I'm Machiavelli's offspring, I'm the king of New York, king of the coast, one hand, I juggle them both.

Tonight, I would like to pay tribute to the greatest entertainer of all time, Mr. Elvis Presley. Elvis was Las Vegas. And if it wasn't for him, so many performers like myself would not have the chance to do what we do in this town. He really was the king.

I am not the King. Jesus Christ is the King. I'm just an entertainer.

Vulgarity in a king flatters the majority of the nation.

The power of a king lies in his mighty arms; that of a brahmana in his spiritual knowledge; and that of a woman in her beauty youth and sweet words.

The king shall singly deliberate over secret matters; for ministers have their own ministers, and these latter some of their own; this kind of successive line of ministers tends to the disclosure of counsels.

He who forsakes his own community and joins another perishes as the king who embraces an unrighteous path.

It is better to be without a king than to have a bad one.

Religion is preserved by wealth; knowledge by diligent practice; a king by conciliatory words; and a home by a dutiful housewife.

The king shall lose no time when the opportunity waited for arrives.

If a king is energetic, his subjects will be equally energetic.

The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.

Among all shravakas and pratyekabuddhas, bodhisattvas are the foremost. So is the Lotus Sutra; among all sutras, it is the foremost! Just as the Buddha is the King of the Law; so is the Lotus Sutra, it is the King of all Sutras!

Heaven is above all yet; there sits a judge, That no king can corrupt.