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"All authority is in the throne; and what is the throne? This wooden frame covered with velvet? No, I am the throne."

January 1, 1970

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Address to the Legislative Body (December 1813); he here echoes the remark attributed to Louis XIV L'état c'est moi ( "The State is I" or more commonly: "I am the State.")

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Address to the Legislative Body (December 1813); he here echoes the remark attributed to Louis XIV L'état c'est moi ( "The State is I" or more commonly: "I am the State.")