Joseph de Maistre Quotes on Politics
Joseph-Marie, Count de Maistre, was a Savoyard lawyer, diplomat, and political philosopher and one of the most powerful counter-Enlightenment voices of the early nineteenth century. This page collects quotes attributed to Joseph de Maistre on the topic of politics, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Joseph de Maistre:
“Every nation has the government it deserves.”
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Attributed to Joseph de Maistre:
“Where there is no judge, there is no political society.”
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Attributed to Joseph de Maistre:
“The hangman is the foundation of social order.”
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Attributed to Joseph de Maistre:
“Reason cannot govern the world; only authority can.”
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Attributed to Joseph de Maistre:
“Man is too wicked to be free.”
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Attributed to Joseph de Maistre:
“All grandeur, all power, all subordination, rest on the executioner.”