3 James I of England Quotes on Power

James I of England quotes on power

1. If you aim at a Scottish presbytery, it agreeth as well with monarchy, as God and the devil. ... No bishop, no King!

2. I will make them conform themselves, or else I will harry them out of the land, or else do worse.

6. That which concerns the mystery of the King's power is not lawful to be disputed; for that is to wade into the weakness of Princes, and to take away the mystical reverence that belongs unto them that sit in the throne of God.

   Attribution disputed; shown as originally published.