The metaphor of the king as the shepherd of his people goes back to ancient Egypt. Perhaps the use of this particular convention is due to the fact that, being stupid, affectionate, gregarious, and easily stampeded, the societies formed by sheep are most like human ones.
- Northrop FryePerhaps not, Reno is keeping up the fight. He is not stampeded. You are not stampeded. That is about all sir, my God, that`s about all!
- Amy Henderson