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M. de Noirtier-Villefort
The King of France at the start of the novel, “restored” to the throne after the French Revolution and the first reign of Napoleon Bonaparte. Louis XVII is portrayed in the text as an overeducated and distant ruler, who is not aware of Napoleon’s return to France until it is too late to repel him at the border.
Louis XVIII Quotes in The Count of Monte Cristo
The The Count of Monte Cristo quotes below are all either spoken by Louis XVIII or refer to Louis XVIII. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 12
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The king! I thought him enough of a philosopher to realize that there is no such thing as murder in politics. You know as well as I do, my dear boy, that in politics there are no people, only ideas; no feelings, only interests. In politics, you don’t kill a man, you remove an obstacle, that’s all.
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Louis XVIII Quotes in The Count of Monte Cristo
The The Count of Monte Cristo quotes below are all either spoken by Louis XVIII or refer to Louis XVIII. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 12
Quotes
The king! I thought him enough of a philosopher to realize that there is no such thing as murder in politics. You know as well as I do, my dear boy, that in politics there are no people, only ideas; no feelings, only interests. In politics, you don’t kill a man, you remove an obstacle, that’s all.
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