#divineright — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #divineright, aggregated by home.social.
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so it should be clear then that #ManifestDestiny is a secularization of the #DivineRight to rule claimed by nobilities.
and it should explain why #blanqueamiento and #ManifestDestiny were ok with the millions of europeans migrating after 1898 regardless of their “limpia” status.
mass migration satisfied their goal of killing off and expropriating as many afro/indigenous people across the Américas as possible & repopulating with #DEBT SLAVES, aka indentured workers
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The question as to whether there is such a thing as divine right of kings is not settled in this book. It was found too difficult. That the executive head of a nation should be a person of lofty character and extraordinary ability, was manifest and indisputable; that none but the Deity could select that head unerringly, was also manifest and indisputable; that the Deity ought to make that selection, then, was likewise manifest and indisputable; consequently, that He does make it, as claimed, was an unavoidable deduction. I mean, until the author of this book encountered the Pompadour, and Lady Castlemaine, and some other executive heads of that kind; these were found so difficult to work into the scheme, that it was judged better to take the other tack in this book (which must be issued this fall), and then go into training and settle the question in another book. It is, of course, a thing which ought to be settled, and I am not going to have anything particular to do next winter anyway.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
Novel (1889), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, PrefaceMore about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/84562/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #twain #marktwain #aconnecticutyankee #connecticutyankee #anointing #aristocracy #blessing #divinefavor #divineright #government #kings #nobility #rule #rulership #superiority #monarchy #autocracy
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#BritishMonarchy #HouseOfWindsor #DivineRight
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The mystery of Prince Andrew's finances and why there are calls for more transparency….
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“As well as being a royal pariah, Andrew remains the subject of a mystery many are flummoxed by.
The king's brother has not had a paid job for large chunks of his life, yet somehow he has managed to fund a luxury lifestyle.
A chalet in the Alps, first-class globe-trotting, hordes of personal staff and a fleet of flashy cars.
But for years there have been questions about how he has been paying for it all.
The finances of many royals, including Andrew, are shrouded in secrecy and the former prince's status as a member of the British monarchy makes him immune from freedom of information enquiries…” -
KING RICHARD: Not all the water in the rough rude sea
Can wash the balm off from an anointed king.
The breath of worldly men cannot depose
The deputy elected by the Lord.
For every man that Bolingbroke hath pressed
To lift shrewd steel against our golden crown,
God for His Richard hath in heavenly pay
A glorious angel. Then, if angels fight,
Weak men must fall, for heaven still guards the right.William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Richard II, Act 3, sc. 2, l. 55ff (3.2.55) (1595)More info about this quote: wist.info/shakespeare-william/…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shakespeare #richardii #angels #anointing #blessing #divineblessing #divineintervention #divinepower #divineright #divinewill #God #kings #royalty #hubris
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A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt
We hold that our loyalty is due solely to the American Republic, and to all our public servants exactly in proportion as they efficiently and faithfully serve the Republic. Our opponents, in flat contradiction of Lincoln’s position, hold that our loyalty is due to the President, not the country; to one man, the servant of the people, instead of to the people themselves. In practice they adopt the fetishism of all believers in absolutism; for every man who parrots the cry of “stand by the President,” without adding the proviso “so far as he serves the Republic” takes an attitude as essentially unmanly as that of any Stuart Royalist who championed the doctrine that the King could do no wrong. No self-respecting and intelligent freeman can take such an attitude.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Essay (1918-05), “Lincoln and Free Speech,” Metropolitan Magazine, Vol. 47, No. 6More info about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/7…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #absolutepower #cultofpersonality #divineright #freedom #infallibility #loyalty #patriotism #presidency #president #publicservant #publicservice
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I am happy to find myself perfectly agreed with you, that we should begin by setting conscience free. When all men of all religions consistent with morals and property, shall enjoy equal liberty, property, or rather security of property, and an equal chance for honor and power, and when government shall be considered as having in it nothing more mysterious or divine than other arts or sciences, we may expect that improvements will be made in the human character and the state of society.
John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
Letter (1785-04-08) to Dr. PriceMore info about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/29323/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #churchandstate #equality #freedomofreligion #government #religiousfreedom #religioustolerance #seculargovernment #secularism #sovereignty #tolerance #divineright
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A quotation from Robert Ingersoll
The Declaration of Independence announces the sublime truth, that all power comes from the people. This was a denial, and the first denial of a nation, of the infamous dogma that God confers the right upon one man to govern others. It was the first grand assertion of the dignity of the human race. It declared the governed to be the source of power, and in fact denied the authority of any and all gods. Through the ages of slavery — through the weary centuries of the lash and chain, God was the acknowledged ruler of the world. To enthrone man, was to dethrone God.
To Paine, Jefferson, and Franklin, are we indebted, more than to all others, for a human government, and for a Constitution in which no God is recognized superior to the legally expressed will of the people.Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) American lawyer, agnostic, orator
Lecture (1873-12) “Individuality,” Chicago Free Religious SocietySourcing, notes: wist.info/ingersoll-robert-gre…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #robertingersoll #America #authority #churchandstate #DeclarationOfIndependence #divineright #humanrights #humanism #power #religion #rights #sovereignty #theocracy
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Making Sense of the Divine Right of Kings - JSTOR Daily https://daily.jstor.org/making-sense-of-the-divine-right-of-kings/
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Perhaps if we had a head of state whose identity was not determined by accident of birth, fewer would go along with these #assumptions of #divineRight
As it is, the #toriesOut are repeatedly voted in by millions with no chance of benefitting from the #privilege that those they elect assume as their #birthright