"Der Staat bin ich!"

Translation: I am the state.

[Biomax]

That is a translation of a quote from Louis XIV of France who supposedly said "L'Etat, c'est moi".

[Clara_Elizabeth]

That's the beauty of crowdsourcing, no one knows everything but everyone knows something.

[polomare]

Well said, Clara. :-)

[aayushoe]

Nicely put!

[giovanniwu1213]

dankt Ihnen für die klugen Gedanken

[SpaceDoggi]

I recognized that and gave that as an answer, just for kicks, even though it asked for English and not French.

[theSheepster]

was it accepted?

[SpaceDoggi]

Ha! No. I hardly expected it to be.

[rilianxi]

Hm, was the borg queen referencing this when she said "I am the borg"?

[ph516503]

I thought it was something Maggie Thatcher said... sounds like her :-)

[GrnpcFTMarkRMOwl]

Die "Eisendame," except that, along with Ronnie Reagan, she did it for the aristocratic, corporate executive class! "Die Staat sind WIR" and not meaning Wir, die Leute....

[ingolfr7]

What about the senate?

[TheNightracer]

Not yet.

[AsherBegley]

It's treason, then.

[PaceNalbone]

Hello there

[Morgoth810232]

*Screeching while executing a 720° twist flip attack

[RaymondLee10]

Der Senat bin ich

[AdamMcKenn3]

Nein... nein... du wirst sterben!

[Matthew258389]

Noch nicht

[davidb122574]

"Der Senat bin ich!" - Palpatine

[voidIndigo]

It's good to be King!

[dfwgator]

The peasants are revolting.

You're telling me, they stink on ice.

[lesliedawne]

Sure sounded like Start to me.. I thought Staat would have a longer a. Actually also sounded like Stadt (a shorter a), but I knew it couldn't be, given the article...

[Dimitar_Stoykow]

Der Staat is pronounced correctly. Stadt would be definitely shorter. Cheers.
(But you are right about Start, one could mishear it.)

[tomerisrael]

Louis die Viertenzte

[Dimitar_Stoykow]

Louis der Vierzehnte! or Louis XIV.

[VanessaJ101]

Except that in German he'd be Ludwig. I was very confused the first time I met this in a discussion including König Karl (of England). When it turned to König Heinrich and all his wives, I finally cottoned on!

[Dimitar_Stoykow]

Yes, of course you are right: Ludwig XIV.
Ja, Du hast natürlich recht, dass es eigentlich Lugwig XIV. sein müsste. ^^

[Pur__0_0__]

"Der Staat wird dein Zukunft entschieden."
"Dummköpfe. Der Staat bin ich."
"Yoda! Das ist meine Linie!"

[Jrgen792736]

Ich glaube diesen Satz früher mal in der Schule gehört zu haben und zwar in Bezug auf Frankreich. But it's over fifty years ago.

[volker855196]

Why not "the state am i!"
Wo ist im englischen der Unterschied zwischen
"Der Staat bin ich"
Und
"Ich bin der Staat"
Thanks for your respons. :-)