"Man's destructive hand spares nothing that lives; he kills to feed himself, he kills to clothe himself, he kills to adorn himself, he kills to attack, he kills to defend himself, he kills to instruct ..."
- Joseph de Maistre
"Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists."
"To hear these defenders of democracy talk, one would think that the people deliberate like a committee of wise men, whereas in truth judicial murders, foolhardy undertakings, wild choices, and above a..."
"Every nation has the government that it deserves."
- Joseph De Maistre
"The great fault in women is to desire to be like men."
- De Maistre