Madness of King George

Warren:
One may produce a copious, regular evacuation every day of the week and still be a stranger to reason.

Prince of Wales:
To be Prince of Wales is not a position - it is a predicament.

George III:
Six hours of sleep is enough for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.

George III:
Push off, you fat turd.

George III:
Good evening, Mrs. King.

Queen Charlotte:
Good evening, Mr. King.

Fox:
Do you enjoy all this flummery, Mr. Pitt?

Pitt:
No, Mr. Fox.

Fox:
Do you enjoy anything, Mr. Pitt?

Pitt:
A balance sheet, Mr. Fox. I enjoy a good balance sheet.

Fox:
Do you enjoy all this flummery, Mr. Pitt?

Pitt:
No, Mr. Fox.

Fox:
Do you enjoy *anything*, Mr. Pitt?

Pitt:
A balance sheet, Mr. Fox. I enjoy a good balance sheet.

George III:
What is this? America, I suppose.

Pitt:
No, sir.

George III:
Oh, America is not to be spoken of, is that it?

Pitt:
For your own peace of mind, sir. But it is not America.

George III:
Peace of mind! I have no peace of mind. I have had no peace of mind since we lost America. Forests, old as the world itself, plains, strange delicate flowers, immense solitudes. And all nature new to art. All ours. Mine. Gone. A paradise lost.

George III:
Whereas we, George III, in this year of our Lord 1788, do open this Parliament, giving notice that our will and pleasure is that the following bills shall be laid before this House. A bill for the regulation of trade with our possessions in North America...

George III:
Our *former* possessions in North America...

Thurlow:
The cork's too tight in the bottle, that's the trouble. He must be the first King of England not to have a mistress.

Pitt:
Fifteen children seem to me to indicate a certain conscientiousness in that regard.

Thurlow:
I'm talking of pleasure, not duty.

Pitt:
I used to sit with my father when he was ill. I used to read him Shakespeare.

Dr. Willis:
I have never read Shakespeare.

Dr. Willis:
I am a clergyman.

Queen Charlotte:
Come on, smile and wave. That's what you get paid for. Smile and wave.

George III:
What of the colonies, Mr. Pitt?

Pitt:
America is now a nation, sir.

George III:
Is it? Well. We must try and get used to it. I have known stranger things. I once saw a sheep with five legs...

Fitzroy:
To be kind does not commend you to kings. They see it, as they see any flow of feeling, as a liberty. A blind eye will serve you better.

Dr. Willis:
If the King refuses food, He will be restrained. If He claims to have no appetite, He will be restrained. If He swears and indulges in MEANINGLESS DISCOURSE... He will be restrained. If He throws off his bed-clothes, tears away His bandages, scratches at His sores, and if He does not strive EVERY day and ALWAYS towards His OWN RECOVERY... then He must be restrained.

George III:
I am the King of England.

Dr. Willis:
NO, sir. You are the PATIENT.

Dr. Willis:
I have You in my eye, sir. And I shall KEEP You in my eye until You learn to behave and do as You're told.

George III:
I am the King. I tell, I am not TOLD. I am the VERB, sir, not the OBJECT.

George III:
By your dress, sir, and general demeanor, I'd say you were a minister of God.

Dr. Willis:
Oh, that's true, Your Majesty, I was once in the service of the Church. Now I practice medicine.

George III:
Well, I'm sorry for it. You've quitted a profession I've always loved and embraced one I most heartily DETEST.

Dr. Willis:
Our Savior went about healing the sick.

George III:
Yes... but He had not seven hundred pounds a year for it.

George III:
Well, that's not bad for a madman.

George III:
When felons were induced to talk, they were shown first the instruments of their torture. The King is shown the instrument of His... to induce Him NOT to talk...

George III:
What's happened to Mr. Fox?

George III:
Such a dodger. Reform! And too many ideas. Not like you, Mr. Pitt. You don't have ideas.

Fox:
God rot all royals! Give us the wisdom of America!

Prince of Wales:
Assaulted by both one's parents in the same evening! What *is* family life coming to?

Fox:
You see that the King did not write his own speech, Mr. Pitt.

Pitt:
The King will do as he's told, Mr. Fox.

Fox:
Then why not be rid of him? If a few ramshackle colonists in America can send him packing, why can't we?