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But dynasties do not last for ever, and every royal family begins with a usurper or foreign conqueror. Usually religion legitimizes the new family by means of some traditional ceremony. Priestly power profits by these occasions, since it comes to be an essential support of the royal prestige. "No Bishop, no King," said Charles I, and the analogue of this maxim has been true in all ages in which kings have existed.
　Source: Power, a new social analysis, 1938, by Bertrand Russell
　More info.: https://russell-j.com/beginner/POWER05_030.HTM

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