No king was ever a traitor, or pope excommunicated.
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The king likes the treachery, but not the traitor.
Commanders Of The Faithful
The Pope he is a happy man,
His Palace is the Vatican,
And there he sits and drains his can:
The Pope he is a happy man.
I often say when I'm at home,
I'd like to be the Pope of Rome.
And then there's Sultan Saladin,
That Turkish Soldan full of sin;
He has a hundred wives at least,
By which his pleasure is increased:
I've often wished, I hope no sin,
That I were Sultan Saladin.
But no, the Pope no wife may choose,
And so I would not wear his shoes;
No wine may drink the proud Paynim,
And so I'd rather not be him:
My wife, my wine, I love, I hope,
And would be neither Turk nor Pope.
poem by William Makepeace Thackeray
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It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope.
quote by Pope John XXIII
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Three are powerful: the Pope, the king, and the man who has nothing.
Better to be wrongfully excommunicated than to make a death bed confession.
Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.
quote by Harold Coffin
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Corporations cannot commit treason, nor be outlawed, nor excommunicated, for they have no souls.
quote by Edward Coke
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The So Called Coward And The Traitor
A traitor to his Country many of him do say
He never enlisted to fight in the war far away
But he marches in every anti war parade
Some say cowards are born they cannot be made.
But some have strange ways of defining a coward
By his higher self the man has been empowered
His dad died in war a hero but the son to war said no
In making a stand courage he has to show.
In not going to war he did not rob a young wife
Of the father of her children and the love of her life
And robbed a mother of her beloved son
Many call him a coward and a traitor yet he's not harmed anyone.
The so called coward and the traitor goes out of his way
To help the poor old lady frail, vulnerable and gray
Helps her out when she needs him and never asks her for pay
The young man is my hero of him she does say.
The last post will never be played at his grave
But the so called coward and the traitor in truth is quite brave
He did not go to war distant from his Homeland
And for what he believes in he does make a stand.
poem by Francis Duggan
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I'm a traitor, but I don't consider myself a traitor.
quote by Aldrich Ames
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Once Pope Under Jevais Resolvd To Adventure
Once Pope under Jevais resolvd to adventure
& from a Good Poet Pope turnd an ill painter
So from a Good Painter Charles Jervais we hope
May turn an ill Poet by living with Pope
Then Each may perform the true parts of a friend
While each will have something to blame or commend
poem by Thomas Parnell
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I am more afraid of my own heart than of the pope and all his cardinals. I have within me the great pope, Self.
quote by Martin Luther
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If someone had told me I would be Pope one day, I would have studied harder.
quote by Pope John Paul I
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I wouldn't take the Pope too seriously. He's a Pole first, a pope second, and maybe a Christian third.
quote by Muriel Spark
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The Emperor of Germany is the king of kings, the King of Spain king of men, the King of France king of asses, the King of England king of devils.
While we are the Pope we'll pontificate; who knows if we'll be Pope another time.
Once Upon a Time
Once upon a time, a king saw fit
to send this proclamation through the land:
'I am I, you vassals aren't worth shit —
that's how it is, so kiss my royal hand!
I'll have you as I want you, straight or bent,
or sell you off in lots, so much a pair,
and if I have you hanged, it's only fair —
you never owned your lives, you only rent.
Shut up and bow — there isn't any hope
I'd listen to some turkey-brain like you
unless he's Emperor, or King, or Pope.'
And then he had his hangman take a poll
to see how folks reacted, on the whole.
And all the people said, It's true, It's true.
poem by Giuseppe Gioacchino Belli
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I Had A King
I had a king in a tenement castle
Lately hes taken to painting the pastel walls brown
Hes taken the curtains down
Hes swept with the broom of contempt
And the rooms have an empty ring
Hes cleaned with the tears
Of an actor who fears for the laughters sting-
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I cant go back there anymore
You know my keys wont fit the door
You know my thoughts dont fit the man
They never can they never can
I had a king dressed in drip-dry and paisley
Lately hes taken to saying Im crazy and blind
He lives in another time
Ladies in gingham still blush
While he sings them of wars and wine
But I in my leather and lace
I can never become that kind -
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I had a king in a salt-rusted carriage
Who carried me off to his country for marriage too soon
Beware of the power of moons
Theres no one to blame
No theres no one to name as a traitor here
The kings on the road
And the queens in the grove till the end of the year-
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Dear brothers and sisters, after the great Pope John Paul II, the cardinals have elected me - a simple, humble worker in the vineyard of the Lord.
quote by Pope Benedict XVI
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Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one.
quote by Pope John XXIII
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The pope and a peasant know more than the pope together.