“For surely a king is first a man. And so it must follow that a king does as all men do: the best he can.”

— Cameron Dokey

Source: The Storyteller's Daughter: A Retelling of the Arabian Nights

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American writer 1956

Edward Rutherfurd (1948) British writer

Source: The Rebels of Ireland

“Cromwell: The King's a man of conscience and he wants either Sir Thomas More to bless his marriage or Sir Thomas More destroyed.
Rich: They seem odd alternatives, Secretary.
Cromwell: Do they? That's because you're not a man of conscience. If the King destroys a man, that's proof to the King that it must have been a bad man, the kind of man a man of conscience ought to destroy — and of course a bad man's blessing's not worth having. So either will do.”

Robert Bolt A Man for All Seasons

Act II
A Man for All Seasons (1960)

“Do you see a man diligent and skillful in his business? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men.”

book Bible

Source: Proverbs 22:29

“The king can drink the best of wine —
So can I;
And has enough when he would dine —
So have I;
And can not order rain or shine —
Nor can I.
Then where’s the difference — let me see —
Betwixt my lord the king and me?”

Charles Mackay (1814–1889) British writer

"Differences" in The Collected Songs of Charles Mackay (1859).

“A just king must be the first to observe those laws that he has himself prescribed.”

Giovanni Boccaccio book The Decameron

Ogni giusto re primo servatore dee essere delle leggi fatte da lui.
Seventh Day, Tenth Story
The Decameron (c. 1350)

“The world is so full of a number of things,
I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings.”

Robert Louis Stevenson book A Child's Garden of Verses

Happy Thought.
A Child's Garden of Verses (1885)

“If the King can do no wrong, it is akin to looking down upon him, because the King is not being treated as a human being. The King can do wrong.”

Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927–2016) King of Thailand

Source: As quoted in 2005, "Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej: One of the world’s longest-reigning monarchs" in CNN https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/13/asia/thai-king-bhumibol-adulyadej-obituary/index.html (14 October 2016)