Being king is not a pastime, not a choice, but a duty.[to Edward]
All that remains of England is Wessex. The birth of an England, the idea of a single kingdom called England, has to begin here. There is nowhere else.
A good King relies upon good advice.
A country is its history, the sum of all its stories, we are what our fathers made us.
Without my permission, you swore my men to a traitor. You led my armies into a battle I did not sanction. Your actions were not worthy of an aetheling. They were worthy of a king.[to Edward]
War is how a man takes his wealth, Earl Ragnar, it is the land and trade that makes it. And for the land and trade to flourish, there must be peace.
To see is to be wise.
