Alice says she has the right o think because she came from America were you do have the right to think. So she assumes it’s the same everywhere.she thinks pepper makes people get hot tempered is because its hot , and Alice comes along saying she can. Even know Alice made people mad, the Duchess were still her friends. The queen always yells off with your head cause they don’t listen to her or don’t obey the law and wants to put fear into them. The reason there heads never get cut off is cause she never does it her self or makes sure it happens and does happen some times its just mainly the king pardons them. This is also the meaning of Birds of a feather flock together is because the same people always stick together.