What does it matter whose fault it is? Thousands of children will die if the city burns.
We've had vicious kings and we've had idiot kings, but I don't know if we've ever been cursed with a vicious idiot for a king
You need to take your enemies side if you're going to see things the way they do, And you need to see things the way they do if you're going to anticipate their actions, respond effectively, and beat them
A ruler who kills those devoted to her is not a ruler who inspires devotion