Quote#Politics & Power
I am at a loss to discover where they will find this divine right in…
Quote byRobert Walpole · 1676–1745
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Draft speech for the trial of Dr Henry Sacheverell.
English (original)
I am at a loss to discover where they will find this divine right in our government, or at least where they do find it in the reign of the late King [William III], whose title to be rightful and lawful king they have all sworn, or where they will find it in the next Protestant successor, for whom they profess an equal zeal, is not very obvious to me.
— Robert Walpole
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