“It is always necessary to call men back to history, which is the first master in politics, or more exactly the only master.”

—  Joseph De Maistre

"Of Monarchy," p. 120
Against Rousseau (1795)

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Savoyard philosopher, writer, lawyer, and diplomat 1753–1821

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