All is forgiven to kings and popes. History grants them immunity, even a full pardon, even when they admit their crimes and glory in them. (Pierre Stephen Robert Payne)

All is forgiven to kings and popes. History grants them immunity, even a full pardon, even when they admit their crimes and glory in them.

Pierre Stephen Robert Payne

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