“We’re not going to invade the kingdom,” he said, “but if the kingdom invades us, they had better be ready for war, because we are prepared. Mrs Coulter, I am a king, but it’s my proudest task to join Lord Asriel in setting up a world where there are no kingdoms at all. No kings, no bishops, no priests. The kingdom of heaven has been known by that name since the Authority first set himself above the rest of the angels. And we want no part of it. This world is different. We intend to be free citizens of the republic of heaven.”
