Better be secure under one king, than exposed to violence from twenty millions of monarchs, though oneself be one of them.


The Works of Herman Melville (ed. 1922)

Herman Melville Quotes

Better be secure under one king, than exposed to violence from twenty millions of monarchs, though oneself be one of them.

Better be secure under one king, than exposed to violence from twenty millions of monarchs, though oneself be one of them.

Better be secure under one king, than exposed to violence from twenty millions of monarchs, though oneself be one of them.

Better be secure under one king, than exposed to violence from twenty millions of monarchs, though oneself be one of them.