Quotes with emperor

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• All the people I talk to, increasingly, can see that the emperor has got no clothes. The case for leaving [the EU] is now overwhelming.

  ― Boris Johnson
  British politician and author (1964 - )
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• I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.

  ― Andrew Jackson
  American president (7th) (1767 - 1845)
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• I see Judaism as a way of life. Sticking up for the underdog. Being an outsider. A critic of society. The kid on the corner who says the emperor has no clothes on. The Prophet.

  Source: Tikkun (July-August 1989)

  ― Abbie Hoffman
  American political and social activist (1936 - 1989)
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• I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff-box from an emperor.

  ― Lord George Byron
  English poet (1788 - 1824)
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• I'm the president of the United States, I'm not the emperor of the United States.

  Source: Google Hangout 15-02-2013

  ― Barack Obama
  American politician (1961 - )
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• Meditation, perhaps, is the only alchemy that can transform a beggar into an emperor.

  ― Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
  Indian godman and mystic (1931 - 1990)
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• No emperor has the power to dictate to the heart.

  ― Friedrich von Schiller
  German poet and playwright (1759 - 1805)
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• No one would have doubted his ability to reign had he never been emperor.

  ― Tacitus
  Roman senator and historian (56 - 117)
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Subjects in these quotes:

• increasingly
• overwhelming
• repository
• republican
• principles
• simplicity

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