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That letter is one of the worst things I’ve ever read. She believed that God put her above other people.
by 9991 4y ago
That letter is one of the worst things I’ve ever read. She believed that God put her above other people.
- danuker 4y agoOr was obligated by the position to say so.
- PostOnce 4y agoThis is paraphrasing the Bible, and I can't find any evidence anyone ever said it in exactly those words. Look, this thread is the only result for exact phrasing: https://www.google.com/search?channel=fs&client=ubuntu&q=%22As+chaste+women+ought+not+to+cast+their+eyes+on+any+other+than+their+own+husbands%2C+so+neither+ought+subjects+to+cast+their+eyes+upon+any+other+prince+than+him+whom+God+hath+set+over+them.+%22 https://www.google.com/search?channel=fs&client=ubuntu&q=%22... However there is evidence Queen Elizabeth I (400 years ago) said part of it: https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=tayxm6fO1kIC&pg=PA528&lpg=PA528&dq=%22I+would+not+have+my+sheep+branded+with+another+man%27s+mark;+I+would+not+have+them+follow+the+whistle+of+a+strange+shepherd https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=tayxm6fO1kIC&pg=PA528&lp...
- irthomasthomas 4y agoThanks, I guess I misremembered. So, QEII was quoting QEI in defence of her position on banning foreign honours.
- 9991 4y agoShe's not obligated to stay in the position. No one else is obligated to care who she is. My country fought a war so that I wouldn't have to accept that some people are born higher than others, and everything I've learned about the royal family since has been against my will.