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"Princes are not bound to give an account of their Actions but to God alone."
Charles I of England, on dissolving his third Parliament in 1628

"A subject and a sovereign are clean different things."
Charles I of England, minutes before Parliament cut his head off in 1649.

"Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation."
Paul the Apostle, Romans 13:1-2, The Bible

Zadok the Priest, and Nathan the Prophet anointed Solomon King.
... And all the people rejoiced, rejoiced,
Rejoiced and said:
God save the king,
Long live the king,
God save the king!
May the king live forever,
Amen, amen, alleluia, alleluia, amen, amen.
Zadok the Priest, George Frederic Handel

"Formerly, when a king died at Versailles the reign of his successor was immediately announced by the cry: "The king is dead, long live the king", in order to make it understood that despotism is immortal! Now an entire people, moved by a sublime instinct, cried: Long live the Republic! to teach the universe that tyranny died with the tyrant."
Maximilien Robespierre, his speech after the execution of Louis XVI

King: Also, I didn't want to bring this up cause it feels a little braggy, but God actually chose my family for the job forever.
Peasant: Well how do you know that?
King: Well he freaking told me, isn't that right, God? (Beat) He says yes.
Peasant: Okay, that does seem pretty legit.

All embrace me,
It's my time to rule at last!
Fifteen years have I been waiting
To sit upon my throne!
No allegiance,
I will swear no oath,
Crowned by god not by the church,
As my power is divine!
Sabaton, Carolus Rex

My time approaches
this time is coming to its end.
The whole of Stockholm sees me being crowned,
cannons shoot salute!
No oath taken,
no oath I swear!
The crown didn't come from the church,
it came directly from God!
Sabaton, Carolus Rex (Swedish version)

"When I try to be strong, I make a fool of myself. When I try to be merciful, people walk all over me. When I try to listen to counsel, it turns out I've picked the wrong men! When I try to do everything on my own, Dalinar has to take over lest I ruin the kingdom. How do people know what to do? Why don't I know what to do? I was born to this office, given the throne by the Almighty himself! Why would he give me the title, but not the capacity? It defies reason. And yet, everyone seems to know things that I do not. My father could rule even the likes of Sadeas—men loved Gavilar, feared him, and served him all at once. I can't even get a darkeyes to obey a command to come visit the palace! Why doesn't this work? What do I have to do?"
King Elhokar Kholin, Words of Radiance (second book of The Stormlight Archive)

"For more than a hundred centuries The Emperor has sat immobile on the Golden Throne of Earth. He is the Master of Mankind by the will of the gods, and master of a million worlds by the might of his inexhaustible armies."
— The most common foreword for Warhammer 40,000 novels.

"You cannot possibly defeat me. Do you know why? Because I was born to be king."
Oma Zi-O, Kamen Rider Zi-O

"All my life, I've known that I would one day rule. It wasn't just from my father telling me, wasn't from my friends or subjects, it was just... Something I've known, from the deepest part of my heart. Something basic, something natural. A fact, if you will. The sky is blue, water is wet, and I, Nefertari Vivi, was born to rule."
Nefertari Vivi, This Bites!

"Monarchy is God's sacred mission to grace and dignify the earth. To give ordinary people an ideal to strive towards, an example of nobility and duty to raise them in their wretched lives. Monarchy is a calling from God. That is why you are crowned in an abbey, not a government building. Why you are anointed, not appointed. It's an archbishop that puts the crown on your head, not a minister or public servant. Which means that you are answerable to God in your duty, not the public."
Queen Mary, The Crown (2016), "Act of God"

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