"Ce corps qui s'appelait et qui s'appelle encore le saint empire romain n'était en aucune manière ni saint, ni romain, ni empire."
— Voltaire

January 1, 1970

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This body which called itself and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was in no way holy, nor Roman, nor an empire. — Essai sur l'histoire générale et sur les mœurs et l'esprit des nations, Chapter 70 (1756)