Quotation from Bodin,

expressing an Absolutist view of the state

If the prince is an absolute sovereign, as are the true kings of France, Spain, England, Scotland, Ethiopia, Turkey, Persia and Muscovy, whose authority is unquestionably their own, and not shared with any of their subjects, then it is in no circumstances permissible either by any of their subjects in particular, or in general, to attempt anything against the life and honor of the their king, either by process of law or force of arms, even though he has committed all the evil, impious and cruel deeds imaginable.

-- Jean Bodin, Six Books of the Commonwealth (II, 5)