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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

9687 Misellaneous Translations John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:9687
AUTHOR:Miscellaneous Translations
QUOTATION:I am the state. 1
 
Note 1.
Dulaure (History of Paris, 1863, p. 387) asserts that Louis XIV. interrupted a judge who used the expression, “The king and the state,” by saying, “I am the state.” [back]