Lance Braddon

“You put the small thief in prison, but the big thief lives in a palace.”
― Graham Greene, Orient Express

“Dennis the Peasant: Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.
Arthur: Be quiet!
Dennis: You can't expect to wield supreme power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you!”
― Graham Chapman, Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Book): Mønti Pythøn Ik Den Hølie Gräilen

“Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest.”
― Denis Diderot

“I'm so patriotic, I think every British kid should have a chance to grow up to be our head of state.”
― Johann Hari