[alloysteel]

French King Louis XIV proclaimed, “L’Etat c’est moi!” (”I am the state!”), one of the most arrogant and self-important claims ever made by royalty, seems to be the manner of governance followed by Current Occupant. To hell with any accursed code of law, comply with the command given you.

[Paine in the Neck]

French King Louis XIV proclaimed, “L’Etat c’est moi!” (”I am the state!”)

And Mussolini said: "All within the state, nothing outside the state, nothing against the state."

Obama is partial to the conjunction of the two assertions.