Rites and Rights

"Maturity is a series of rights and responsibilities: Doing that which is least harmful; Being allowed voting rights; Acting based on prior knowledge; Getting the opportunities to act. What matters the most is that you can make your own decisions, but if you do not fulfil your responsibilities, you should neither exercise your rights."
-Quotation 121 of Ketasolir
Ketasolir's Quotations house most of the most sage advice on Atlas. I remember before I was elected king, my predecessor, King Arnold, was king. King Arnold was infamous for doing nothing but abusing the kingship. He certainly exercised his rights! But did he give feathers about his responsibility as king? Clearly not! When I took over for him, I was overcome by the disarray in which King Arnold had left the government. In fact, I nearly resigned my first week due to the overwhelming mess waiting to be cleaned up: relations with Súde'érne'sé King Éle'éne'ól; peace negociations with Himake Muriyoto, the Supreme Commander of Mahutia; trade agreements with President José Zefón of Tierra Nord; mountains of red-taped domestc affairs; a severe lack of media coverage of the government and piles of other miscellaneous junk that had been building up for 132 years. Not to mention the economy, reveling in the middle of an already 21-year depression! I believe that King Arnold abused his power, and look what people call him: the squanderer. I spent 5 years doing what he should have spent 132 years doing. Only then could I relax a bit. I do wish to question whether this really even is all that Ketasolir is trying to say. I believe that Ketasolir is also saying that if you have the means, you have a responsibility. For example, the rich have a responsibility to give to the poor and the talented have a responsibility to excersise that talent. I believe that once you do this, you can start saying that you live by Ketasolir's Quotaions.
-Emänyo