King of England

Famous quotes containing the words king of, king and/or england:

    Then Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” He answered, “You say so.”
    Bible: New Testament, Luke 23:3.

    The ingrained idea that, because there is no king and they despise titles, the Americans are a free people is pathetically untrue.... There is a perpetual interference with personal liberty over there that would not be tolerated in England for a week.
    Margot Asquith (1864–1945)

    All the great speakers were bad speakers at first. Stumping it through England for seven years made Cobden a consummate debater. Stumping it through New England for twice seven trained Wendell Phillips.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)