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Monday, April 1, 2013

JOSEPH DE MAISTRE IS 260 YEARS OLD! [PRO DEATH PENALTY QUOTE OF THE WEEK [SUNDAY 31 MARCH 2013 TO SATURDAY 6 APRIL 2013]



            French Philosopher, Joseph De Maistre was born on this date, 1 April 1753. He would have been 260 years old if he was alive today. In loving memory of him, I will post two Pro-Death Penalty quotes from him. 

QUOTE 1: “All grandeur, all power, and all subordination to authority rests on the executioner: he is the horror and the bond of human association. Remove this incomprehensible agent from the world and at that very moment order gives way to chaos, thrones topple and society disappears.” [The Works of Joseph de Maistre, ed. Jack Lively (1965). The Count, in Les Soirées de Saint-Pétersbourg, "First Dialogue," (1821).]

QUOTE 2: All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice.

AUTHOR: Joseph-Marie, comte de Maistre (1 April 1753 – 26 February 1821) was a French-speaking Savoyard lawyer, diplomat, writer, and philosopher. He was one of the most influential spokesmen for hierarchical authoritarianism in the period immediately following the French Revolution of 1789.

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