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Book 31. (1 results) Conspirators of Gor (Individual Quote)

He was less interested, so to speak, in overthrowing a throne than in changing its occupant. - (Conspirators of Gor, Chapter 39, Sentence #42)
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39 42 He was View more quotes about less">less interested, so to speak, in overthrowing a throne than in changing its occupant.

Book 31. (7 results) Conspirators of Gor (Context Quote)

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39 39 It was four days into the revolt before we learned that the leader of the revolutionaries was Lucius himself, whom many of us had taken to be high Kur in the Cave.
39 40 His ambition it was, it seems, to replace Agamemnon, and further the schemes which Agamemnon had put in place.
39 41 It was not a question of overthrowing a state, or relinquishing its intrigues and projected imperialisms, but appropriating a state with its established strengths.
39 42 He was less interested, so to speak, in overthrowing a throne than in changing its occupant.
39 43 I had been aware, for some time, of the jealousy, envy, and resentment felt by many lesser Kurii for those placed above them, for whatever reason it might be, intelligence, energy, vision, some conception of merit, success in some form of competition, blood connections, the machinations of politics, the accidents of time or place, or simple fortune.
39 44 If they could not wear a golden chain why should anyone? Let there be a golden chain for everyone, or no golden chains.
39 45 I supposed that golden chains, so to speak, would always exist, though perhaps not always be displayed.
It was four days into the revolt before we learned that the leader of the revolutionaries was Lucius himself, whom many of us had taken to be high Kur in the Cave. His ambition it was, it seems, to replace Agamemnon, and further the schemes which Agamemnon had put in place. It was not a question of overthrowing a state, or relinquishing its intrigues and projected imperialisms, but appropriating a state with its established strengths. He was less interested, so to speak, in overthrowing a throne than in changing its occupant. I had been aware, for some time, of the jealousy, envy, and resentment felt by many lesser Kurii for those placed above them, for whatever reason it might be, intelligence, energy, vision, some conception of merit, success in some form of competition, blood connections, the machinations of politics, the accidents of time or place, or simple fortune. If they could not wear a golden chain why should anyone? Let there be a golden chain for everyone, or no golden chains. I supposed that golden chains, so to speak, would always exist, though perhaps not always be displayed. - (Conspirators of Gor)