Louis XIV

The greatest good of the State is the good of the prince, because the prince is the State, and the State is the prince.

The king is the image of God on earth, and as such, he must be obeyed without question.

The greatest virtue of a king is to be able to command himself.

The king is the soul of the State, and the State is nothing without the king.

The greatest glory of a king is to be able to make his subjects happy, and to make them love him.

The king is the master of all things, and all things are for the king, because the king is the State.

The greatest good of the State is the good of the prince, because the prince is the State, and the State is the prince, and the prince is God's representative on earth.

The king is the visible image of God on earth, and as such, he must be obeyed without question, and his will must be done.

The greatest virtue of a king is to be able to command himself, and to be able to command others.

The king is the soul of the State, and the State is nothing without the king, and the king is God's representative on earth, and as such, he must be obeyed without question, and his will must be done.

Every time I fill a vacant post, I make a hundred discontented persons and one ingrate.

The final end of all government is the good of the people.

Kings are not born, they are made by artificial hallucination.

To make war is to invite one's own destruction.

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.

I have made my government so strong that no one can destroy it.

The people are like the sea; they are calm when undisturbed, but when agitated, they can overwhelm everything.

A king is God's lieutenant on earth.

Justice is the foundation of a state.

I am the state, and the state owes its existence to me.