“I am going away, but the State will always remain.”

—  Louis XIV of France

Je m'en vais, mais l'État demeurera toujours.
Mémoire sur la mort de Louis XIV (page 24), Marquis de Dangeau http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55404p,

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Je m’en vais, mais l’État demeurera toujours.

Dernière déclaration de Louis XIV sur son lit de mort, remettant la crédibilité de la citation le disant être l’État en question.
Variant: Je m'en vais, mais l'État demeurera toujours.

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