Louis XIV:

L'État, c'est moi.

— Louis XIV Early Modern

Sun King of France

The State, it is I. Though famous, often debated if he actually said it in this concise form, but it captures his philosophy.

c. 1655 (often attributed to his youth, but more likely a retrospective summary of his reign)

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