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usurper

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One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of the rights of a patron.

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A usurper always distrusts the whole world. Vittorio Alfieri

One cannot reign innocently: the insanity of doing so is evident. Every king is a rebel and a usurper. Louis Antoine de Saint-Just

We will never recognize the usurper Zionist government and will continue our jihad-like movement until the liberation of Jerusalem. Ismail Haniyeh

The novelist, quite rightly, fears the psychoanalyst as both an enemy and a usurper. Will Self

The usurper was seen sixty leagues from the capital. Napoleon Bonaparte

Tolerance is a one-way street in the Age of Obama. 'Choice' is in the eye (and iron fist) of the First Amendment usurper. Michelle Malkin

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