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The Accident of Birth

A king is a king, not because he is rich and powerful, not because he is a successful politician, not because he belongs to a particular creed or to a national group. He is king because he is born.

And in choosing to leave the selection of their head of state to this most common denominator in the world — the accident of birth — Canadians implicitly proclaim their faith in human equality, their hope for the triumph of nature over political manoeuvre, over social and financial interest; for the victory of the human person.

— Fr Jacques Monet SJ FRSC

Published at 12:15 pm on Friday 12 August 2022. Categories: Errant Thoughts Monarchy Politics Tradition Tags: , .
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Rare miss. A laughable and historically illiterate mischaracterization of monarchy and its institutions.

— Andy 16 Sep 2022 3:03 pm

Oh? Please explain.

— Andrew Cusack 20 Sep 2022 1:15 pm
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