# Quote — Robert Silverberg, A Time of Changes

> But in this logging camp in the mountains I came to understand that kings are nothing but men set high. The gods do not anoint them, but rather the will of men, and men can strip them of their lofty rank.

- Author: [Robert Silverberg](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-silverberg.md)
- Book: [A Time of Changes](https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-silverberg/a-time-of-changes.md)
- Page: 62
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_Silverberg#A_Time_of_Changes_(1971)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/robert-silverberg/a-time-of-changes/but-in-this

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