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

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

Napoleon Bonaparte

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