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There is no true sovereign except the nation; there can be no true legislator except the people.

There is no true sovereign except the nation; there can be no true legislator except the people.

Denis Diderot, John Hope Mason, Robert Wokler (1992). “Diderot: Political Writings”, p.81, Cambridge University Press

The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.

Voltaire (2016). “Voltaire – The Philosophical Works: Treatise On Tolerance, Philosophical Dictionary, Candide, Letters on England, Plato’s Dream, Dialogues, The Study of Nature, Ancient Faith and Fable, Zadig…: From the French writer, historian and philosopher, famous for his wit, his attacks on the established Catholic Church, and his advocacy of freedom of religion and freedom of expression”, p.2014, e-artnow

The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.

"Gulistan". Book by Saadi Shirazi (translated by James Ross), ch. 3, story 28, 1258.

We are too often double espresso followers of a decaf Sovereign.

John Ortberg (2011). “If You Want to Walk on Water Get Out of the Boat”, p.250, ReadHowYouWant.com

Being a foreigner is not a disease.

Alden Nowlan (1968). “Miracle at Indian River: stories”, Toronto, Clarke

I will reign over a new world!

"Death Note". Manga by Tsugumi Ohba, 2003–2006.