Joseph de Maistre Quotes

Joseph de Maistre — French Diplomat born on April 01, 1753, died on February 26, 1821

Joseph-Marie, comte de Maistre was a Savoyard philosopher, writer, lawyer, and diplomat. He defended hierarchical societies and a monarchical State in the period immediately following the French Revolution. Maistre was a subject of the King of Piedmont-Sardinia, whom he served as member of the Savoy Senate, ambassador to Russia, and minister of state to the court in Turin... (wikipedia)

There is no man who desires as passionately as a Russian. If we could imprison a Russian desire beneath a fortress, that fortress would explode.

Every country has the government it deserves.

There is no philosophy without the art of ignoring objections.

False opinions are like false money, struck first of all by guilty men and thereafter circulated by honest people who perpetuate the crime without knowing what they are doing.

Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists.

Joseph de Maistre Quotes

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