All authority is in the throne; and what is the throne? This wooden frame covered with velvet? No, I am the throne.

What is a throne? — a bit of wood gilded and covered in velvet. I am the state— I alone am here the representative of the people. Even if I had done wrong you should not have reproached me in public — people wash their dirty linen at home. France has more need of me than I of France. | Qu'est-ce qu'un trône? Un morceau de bois recouvert de velours; dans la langue politique, le trône c'est moi. | Histoire de l'empereur Napoleon, pg 435.

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