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Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government.
Supreme executive power derives from a mandate of the masses.
Not from some farcical aquatic ceremony
Look, if I were to go around saying I were an emperor just because some moisten bint lobbed a scimater at me, they'd put me away.
Ah, now we see the violence inherent in the system!
Help! I'm being repressed!
Did you see him repressin' me? You saw that, didn't you?
They mean to win Wimbledon!
Mummy's turned into a Scotsman.
I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they’d put me away!
Hush, the pond folk have spoken! Their word is absolute.