When Asked to Define "The State," Louis XIV Supposedly Said

question 22

Multiple Choice

When asked to define "the state," Louis XIV supposedly said,

• A) "The state cannot be defined."
• B) "The state is what the monarch says it is."
• C) "The state is all of the citizenry working in concert."
• D) "I am the state."
• E) "Kings and parliaments comprise the state."

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