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Most of all, he wanted so much to be a good king – attempting to please everyone all the time – that he inevitably displeased some.

— Ian Mortimer The Fears of Henry IV: The Life of England's Self-made King (2007)

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If the revolution is to be wholly successful, all the counter-revolutions must be defeated.

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In medieval theater, it is not so much bad reviews which you need to fear but excommunication.

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Local justice is designed to find somebody guilty; it does not necessarily follow that that somebody is the person responsible for the crime in question.

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Which path would the kingdom choose: tyranny in the name of loyalty? Or treason in the name of justice?

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