"Sire," he said to him, "I beg that you will excuse my asking you a question--"
"I order you to ask me a question," the king hastened to assure him.
"Sire--over what do you rule?"
"Over everything," said the king, with magnificent simplicity.
"Over everything?"
The king made a gesture, which took in his planet, the other planets, and all the stars.
"Over all that?" asked the little prince.
"Over all that," the king answered.
For his rule was not only absolute: it was also universal.
"And the stars obey you?"
"Certainly they do," the king said. "They obey instantly. I do not permit insubordination."

-Sire, lui dit-il… je vous demande pardon de vous interroger…
-Je t'ordonne de m'interroger, se hâta de dire le roi.
-Sire… sur quoi régnez-vous?
-Sur tout, répondit le roi, avec une grande simplicité.
-Sur tout?
Le roi d'un geste discret désigna sa planète, les autres planètes et les étoiles.
-Sur tout ça? dit le petit prince.
-Sur tout ça… répondit le roi.
Car non seulement c'était un monarque absolu mais c'était un monarque universel.
-Et les étoiles vous obéissent?
-Bien sûr, lui dit le roi. Elles obéissent aussitôt. Je ne tolère pas l'indiscipline

"Bonjour ya cheese-eating surrender monkeys!"