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GAH! Just to be sure from the Secret Service
Names, secret names
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But when all is said and done
It's you I love
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Almost larger? the US is also almost larger then RussiaOriginally Posted by Warluster
I'd rather be the leader of a small nation, something like Monaco or Luxembourg, then being a servant in a larger (exept offcourse if that would be a good position to overthrow the goverment?)
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And that's the quote i was looking for'tis better to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven.
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The quote was the other way round
...better to serve in heaven (actually, Earth, i think Achilles said) than be a king in hell...
It was not theirs to reason why,
It was not theirs to make reply,
It was theirs but to do or die.
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Wasn't it Milton? I believe it was referring to Satan, in which case it would have been "'tis better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven".
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Perhaps, but isn't it also written in the Odyssey that Achilles says something quite contrary?
It was not theirs to reason why,
It was not theirs to make reply,
It was theirs but to do or die.
-The Charge of the Light Brigade - Alfred, Lord Tennyson
"Wherever this stone shall lie, the King of the Scots shall rule"
-Prophecy of the Stone of Destiny
"For God, For King and country, For loved ones home and Empire, For the sacred cause of justice, and The freedom of the world, They buried him among the kings because he, Had done good toward God and toward his house."
-Inscription on the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior
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Without a doubt “ruler of a small nation”.
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I'd rule a small country. Don't know which one I would want though.
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I'd gladley serve in the mighty nation of Monty, ruled by the great Pythons.
Though if I was the uler of a small nation, it would have to be a nation of GOONS!
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I voted "servant in a large nation". That for the serious part: mankind's only hope is to finally consider all those speaking monkeys as a part of one nation, and this doesn't mean that one has to make the others behave like him.
And wishing oneself some sort of king or princess unfortunately doesn't help.
Now, this would probably reduce the inspiration for totalwar games, wouldn't it?
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Ruler of a small nation. Unless those two nations happen to be at war
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It was Milton, and it's correct as quoted.
It doesn't make sense the other way around
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The death of one man is a tragedy; the death of millions, a statistic -Stalin
We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area -UK military spokesman Major Mike Shearer
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...well I'm tired of being a servant in hell.
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Definitely ruler of a small nation. Look at Luxembourg. Big city, covered by huge walls. My type of kingdom from where to expand.
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To quote Julius Ceasar: I would rather be the leader of a small gallic village, than be second man in Rome.
And in Paradise Lost, written by John Milton, the quote is from Satan's line: "'Tis better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven." Which is actually a pretty powerful line because in Paradise Lost, Satan and his demons are just as tormented by Hell as any mortal.
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I would like to be the King and Queen of Sealand....
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Hermaphrodite then, huh...
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i'd rather serve in heaven but this does not relate to the question.
i say Gah!
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