Quotes on amusment and liberty

"One of the first duties of a sovereign us to amuse his subjects of all ranks."
King Louie Napoleon of France

"So long as parishioners were amused there is less probability their thoughts dwelling on political slavery."
1862 English journal

"If his subjects could be entertained perhaps they would fail to notice or to care about the fact that most of their liberties had vanished."
Ross King- The judgment of Paris