“Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.”

“When I need to identify rebels, I look for men with principles”

“Tyrants conduct monologues above a million solitudes. —ALBERT CAMUS, THE REBEL”

“"Magna Carta is the Law: Let the King look out."
So it has always been with tyrants among our own people: when the King was tyrant, let him look out. And it has always been the same, and will be the same, whether the tyrant be the Barons, whether the tyrant be the Church, whether he be demagogue or dictator — let them look out.”

“KING: You're an outspoken supporter of Israel. You and Bill Bennett co-authored an op-ed piece on the subject, responding to a letter from a group of prominent Evangelical Christians who urged George W. Bush to employ an even handed policy toward Israel and Palestine. You don't want an even handed policy?”

“Rebels, especially successful rebels, were of necessity bad subjects and worse governors.”

“Nothing is so loved by tyrants as obedient subjects.”

“The king’s commands cannot be challenged without the rebel paying the price for it.”

“I love the music from Nat King Cole, BB King, Albert King… When I think of it, I wouldn't mind being renamed Angus King.”

“The needs that are met by tyrants are as real as those to which freedom answers; sometimes they are more urgent. Tyrants promise security - and release from the tedium of everyday existence. To be sure, this is only a confused fantasy. The drab truth of tyranny is a life spent in waiting. But the perennial romance of tyranny comes from its promising its subjects a life more interesting than any they can contrive for themselves.”