A King in New York

[after being called for questioning by the government on suspicions of Communist affiliations]

Rupert Macabee:
I'm so sick and tired of people asking me if I'm this, if I'm that!

[after being told that the political turmoil in America is just a "passing phase."]

King Shahdov:
Quite so. In the meantime, I'll sit it out in Europe.

[Rupert is haranguing the King]

Rupert Macabee:
Monopoly is the menace of free enterprise. As I look back, sixty years ago...

King Shahdov:
Where were you sixty years ago?

another schoolboy:
He was a glint in his great-grandfather's eye!

King Shahdov:
I'd sooner be thought a successful crook than a destitute monarch.

Lawyer:
Your Majesty, first and foremost, you must stand on your rights and demand immunity on the ground of your Royal Prerogative.

King Shahdov:
Immunity from what?

Lawyer:
That I don't know, but I intend to find out. But if they put the 64 dollars question to you, as if you are, or ever have been a communist, then again you must stand on your Royal Prerogative.

King Shahdov:
But that question is absurd.

Lawyer:
There are many things absurd these days...