There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his.
Helen Keller

Do you think I am standing here, making this up as I go? I am sorry to disillusion you. I am not Robin Williams. I am the king of the pen.
Mitch Hedberg

One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king.
Abraham Maslow

He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.
Saint Augustine

Look to Africa, for there a king will be crowned.
Marcus Garvey

Death may be the King of terrors... but Jesus is the King of kings!
Dwight L. Moody

Authority forgets a dying king.
Alfred Lord Tennyson

By blood a king, in heart a clown.
Alfred Lord Tennyson

He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The Los Angeles riots were not caused by the Rodney King verdict. The Los Angeles riots were caused by rioters.
Rush Limbaugh

A teardrop on earth summons the King of heaven.
Charles R. Swindoll

The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.
Chanakya

The most interesting guy I've ever played with was King Hassan of Morocco. I went over there on a trip in the early 1970s, and the King and I played five holes. I've never been that nervous in my life.
Lee Trevino

I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.
Andrew Jackson

A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma.
Marlene Dietrich

Anoint, v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.
Ambrose Bierce

One day after laying a wreath at the tomb of Martin Luther King Jr., President Bush appoints a federal judge who has built his career around dismantling Dr. King's legacy.
Hillary Clinton

Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship.
Barney Frank

It is not a sign of arrogance for the king to rule. That is what he is there for.
William F. Buckley, Jr.

That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.
Woodrow Wilson