Louis XIV — "The public good is always to be preferred to private interest."

The public good is always to be preferred to private interest.
Louis XIV — Louis XIV Early Modern · Sun King of France

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A principle of good governance, often invoked by absolute monarchs.

Date: c. 1680s

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