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Line 1: − The nature of an absolute monarch was expressed well in this famous quote attributed to [[Louis XIV]] (1527-1598), “L’etat c’est moi!” (I am the state).+ +
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'''Rule by one person — a monarch, usually a king or a queen — whose actions are restricted neither by written law nor by custom; a system different from a constitutional monarchy and from a republic. Absolute monarchy persisted in France until 1789 and in Russia until 1917.
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