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Joseph de Maistre on Government

1753–1821 Italy

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Every nation gets the government it deserves.

Every country has the government it deserves.

Government is a true religion: it has its dogmas, its mysteries, and its ministers. To annihilate it or submit it to the discussion of each individual is the same thing; it lives only through national reason, that is to say through political faith, which is a creed.

Against Rousseau (1795)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Joseph de Maistre (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.