Edmund Burke: “The gorging a royal kitchen may stint and famish the negotiations of a kingdom.”

Those who are servants in name, as well as in effect, do not like to be told of their situation, their duty, and their obligations.

But the course of succession is the healthy habit of the British Constitution.

The speculative line of demarcation, where obedience ought to end and resistance must begin, is faint, obscure, and not easily definable.

Though a king may abdicate for his own person, he cannot abdicate for the monarchy.