Call him Pope if you want to, or President, or Chairman.

He grows in importance in proportion as the other side develops the attack.

You've got to keep your symbol of authority protected or you lose.
Nevertheless, your game is not lost as long as your king can move.
That's why the men who want to hurry up and start a new political era imprison kings and cut their heads off.

With no head on his shoulders your king can only move in the direction of the cemetery, which is over the line and doesn't count.
I love a good fight, and have been told I ought to be ashamed of it.
I've noticed, though, that the folk who propose to elevate my morals fight just as hard, and less cleanly, with their tongue than some of us do with our fists and sinews.

I'm told, too, quite frequently that as an American I ought to be ashamed of fighting for a king.