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Joseph de Maistre

Count Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821) was a keen and extreme French Ultramontanist, born at Chambéry, of a noble French family. He accompanied the king of Sardinia in his retreat while the French occupied Savoy in 1792. He was ambassador at St. Petersburg from 1803 to 1817, when he was recalled to the home government at Turin. He wrote numerous works, the chief "Du Pape" and "Soirées de St. Petersbourg".

Wisdom & Quotes

  • Every nation has the government that it deserves.
- letter to X, August 1811

Miguel Hildalgo

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