House of Cards

Urquhart:
The King is the unknown quantity. I don't know what the man wants. You'd think he'd be happy to wave from the balcony and keep his opinions to himself after all the nonsense his family have got up to. God knows what he thinks he's doing.

Harding:
Perhaps he's just a man of principle.

Urquhart:
I'm afraid you may be right. But if he pursues the course he's embarked upon he'll destroy himself.

Harding:
Would you really bring down the monarchy if you could? If you had to.

Urquhart:
Bring down the monarchy? No! The idea is abhorrent to me. But to force the abdication of a particular King, that has been done before. And if the country's good required it of me, I wouldn't shrink from it.