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I cannot flatter myself with the expectation of good success more than this, to end my days with honour and a good conscience.

— Charles I of England

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Princes are not bound to give an account of their Actions but to God alone.

I go from a corruptible to an incorruptible Crown, where no disturbance can be, no disturbance in the World.

Democracy is the power of equal votes for unequal minds.

Columbia Dictionary of Quotations (1989)

I am no less confident, that no learned lawyer will affirm that an impeachment can lie against the King, they all going in his name: and one of their maxims is, that the King can do no wrong.

I will onely say, that so long as this Covenant is in force, (whether it be with or without Explanation) I have no more Power in Scotland than as a Duke of Venice; which I will rather die than suffer.

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