Louis XIV
No ruler said, "You are the state." Louis XIV said, "I am The State."
Louis XIV was an absolutist ruler of France. He followed the principle of the Divine Right of Kings, which said that kings are given their right to rule by God and most answer only to God, not to the wants of their subjects. He was the king that said "L'etat, c'est moi" (I am the state).
Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said is the absolute ruler of Oman.
When a state or nation has absolute control over its territory, it is said to have sovereignty. This means that the state has the authority to govern itself internally and externally without interference from other states.
None. Louis XIV said 'I am the State' - 'L'état, c'est moi'.
His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al Busaidi
The Absolute Monarchy by divine right..
The Absolute Monarchy by divine right..
Louis XIV concentrated all power within himself to such a point where he famously said, "L'état c'est moi", meaning "I am the state". He was responsible for every edict, law, action, and war that the Kingdom of France entered into during his rule.
When a state or nation has control over its own territory that state or nation is said to have sovereignty. This type of sovereignty is called internal or territorial sovereignty.
The ruler is Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said.
This was supposedly said by Napoleon in order to describe the UK as unfit for a war with France.