King Shahdov Quotes in A King in New York (1957)

[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...