William the Silent: King

William the Silent was stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht, leader of the Dutch Revolt. Explore interesting quotes on king.
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“Tell the King, that whole cities are in open revolt against the prosecutions, and that it is impossible to enforce the decrees here. As for myself, I shall continue to hold by the Catholic faith; but I will never give any colour to the tyrannical claim of kings to dictate to the consciences of their people, and to prescribe the form of religion that they choose to impose. Call the King’s attention to the corruption that has crept into the administration of justice. Let the Government be reformed, the Privy Council and the Council of Finance, and increase the authority of the Council of State.”

William the Silent

To the Count of Egmont about what to say to Philip II (1565), as quoted in William the Silent (1897) by Frederic Harrison, p. 22

People , Faith , Religion , Justice

“You are staking your own head by trusting the King. Never will I so stake mine, for he has deceived me too often. His favourite maxim is, haereticis non est servanda fides. I am now bald and Calvinist and in that faith will I die.”

William the Silent

William to a supporter of the King, as quoted in William the Silent (1897) by Frederic Harrison, p. 92

Faith

“God save the King!”

William the Silent

Statement in Antwerp, as quoted in William the Silent (1897) by Frederic Harrison, p. 34

God

“You are staking your own head by trusting the King. Never will I so stake mine, for he has deceived me too often. His favourite maxim is, haereticis non est servanda fides.”

William the Silent

I am now bald and Calvinist and in that faith will I die.
William to a supporter of the King, as quoted in William the Silent (1897) by Frederic Harrison, p. 92