Joseph de Maistre

Every country has the government it deserves. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#deserves #every #government

A constitution that is made for all nations is made for none. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#constitution #made #nations #none

I do not know what the heart of a rascal may be, but I know what is in the heart of an honest man; it is horrible. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#philosophy #politics #inspirational

Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#civilization #exists #found #wherever

All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#inflicted #justice #love #much #pain

Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#before #believer #day #dependent #even

We are tainted by modern philosophy which has taught us that all is good, whereas evil has polluted everything and in a very real sense all is evil, since nothing is in its proper place. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#evil #good #modern #nothing #philosophy

I don't know what a scoundrel is like, but I know what a respectable man is like, and it's enough to make one's flesh creep. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#creep #enough #flesh #i #know

If there was no moral evil upon earth, there would be no physical evil. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#evil #moral #moral evil #physical #upon

In the works of man, everything is as poor as its author; vision is confined, means are limited, scope is restricted, movements are labored, and results are humdrum. ↗

— Joseph de Maistre

#confined #everything #humdrum #labored #limited