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Nature rejects the monarch, not the man; the subject, not the citizen... The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.

Percy Bysshe Shelley
Men, Command Not, Soul
Percy Bysshe Shelley (2004). “The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley”, p.386, JHU Press
Nature rejects the monarch, not the man; the subject, not the citizen... The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.