divine right of kings

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the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects; rebellion is the worst of political crimes

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We have not overthrown the divine right of kings to fall down for the divine right of experts. Harold Macmillan

Divine right of kings means the divine right of anyone who can get uppermost. Herbert Spencer

The divine right of kings may have been a plea for feeble tyrants; but the divine right of government is the keystone of human progress, and without it governments sink into police, and a nation is degraded into a mob. Benjamin Disraeli

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable; so did the divine right of kings. Ursula K. Le Guin

the doctrine of the divine right of kings was enunciated by the Stuarts in Britain in the 16th century Source: Internet

Although neither Machiavelli nor Hobbes believed in the divine right of kings, they both believed in the inherent selfishness of the individual. Source: Internet

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