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  2. He who saves his country, violates no law - Wikipedia

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    The quote is attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte, [1] though there is no definitive source confirming its exact origin in his writings or speeches. As Celui qui sauve sa patrie ne viole aucune loi, it appears in Maximes et Pensées de Napoléon, a collection compiled by Honoré de Balzac and published under the name of J.-L. Gaudy in an attempt to gain the Légion d'Honneur for Gaudy, but Balzac ...

  3. A Discourse on the Love of Our Country - Wikipedia

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    A Discourse on the Love of Our Country is a speech and pamphlet delivered by Richard Price in England in 1789, in support of the French Revolution, equating it with the Glorious Revolution a century earlier in England.

  4. Claim of Right 1689 - Wikipedia

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    In the Glorious Revolution, William of Orange invaded England, landing with his Dutch Army in England on 5 November 1688. King James VII of Scotland, who was also King of England and Ireland as James II, attempted to resist the invasion. He then sent representatives to negotiate, and he finally fled England on 23 December 1688.

  5. Natural rights and legal rights - Wikipedia

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    Natural rights are those that are not dependent on the laws or customs of any particular culture or government, and so are universal, fundamental and inalienable (they cannot be repealed by human laws, though one can forfeit their enjoyment through one's actions, such as by violating someone else's rights). Natural law is the law of natural rights.

  6. Royal prerogative - Wikipedia

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    Since the Glorious Revolution in 1688, which brought co-monarchs King William III and Queen Mary II to power, this interpretation of there being a separate and distinct power of the judiciary has not been challenged by the Crown. It has been accepted that it is emphatically the province of the court(s) to say what the law is, or means.

  7. Monarchism - Wikipedia

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    The riches, power, and humour of a monarch arise only from the riches, strength, and reputation of his subjects. An elected Head of State is incentivised to increase his own wealth for leaving office after a few years whereas a monarch has no reason to corrupt because he would be cheating himself.

  8. Divine right of kings - Wikipedia

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    Related but distinct notions include Caesaropapism (the complete subordination of bishops etc. to the secular power), Supremacy (the legal sovereignty of the civil laws over the laws of the Church), Absolutism (a form of monarchical or despotic power that is unrestrained by all other institutions, such as churches, legislatures, or social ...

  9. Kant's antinomies - Wikipedia

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    Kant's antinomies are four: two "mathematical" and two "dynamical". They are connected with (1) the limitation of the universe in respect of space and time, (2) the theory that the whole consists of indivisible atoms (whereas, in fact, none such exist), (3) the problem of free will in relation to universal causality, and (4) the existence of a necessary being.