Quote#Politics & Power
The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth: for kings…
Quote byJames VI and I · 1566–1625
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech to Parliament (21 March 1610), quoted in King James VI and I, Political Writings, ed. Johann P. Sommerville (1994), p. 181.
English (original)
The state of monarchy is the supremest thing upon earth: for kings are not only God's lieutenants upon earth, and sit upon God's throne, but even by God himself they are called gods.
— James VI and I
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