The subjects' love is the king's lifeguard.
Meaning: A monarch's security depends ultimately on their people's loyalty and goodwill rather than walls or armies.
Origin: Recorded in A Dictionary of English Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases, an undated collection published in London by Whittaker & Co. around 1880 and credited to Thomas Preston. Its earlier history hasn't been traced.
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