“The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.”— Søren Kierkegaard, amazon.com
“Shakespeare was never an anarchist; and when he studies the problem of power, he does not suggest that it can be solved by abolition. His solution is an aristocracy of the spirit; his qualifications for rulership are self-realisation, forgiveness and love; and his ideal is a philosopher, or perhaps…”— John Vyvyan, amazon.com
“'We need a place,' she said, 'just for us. It would be so secret that we would never tell anyone in the whole world about it.' She lowered her voice almost to a whisper. 'It might be a whole secret country,' she continued, 'and you and I would be the rulers of it.'”— Katherine Paterson, Leslie Burke, amazon.com