De Maistre

The name de Maistre may refer to:

People:

  • Joseph de Maistre (1753–1821), Savoyard jurist & political conservative
  • Roy De Maistre (1894–1968), Australian artist
  • Xavier de Maistre (1763–1852), French military man and writer


Famous quotes containing the word maistre:

    “All grandeur, all power, 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.”
    —Joseph De Maistre (1753–1821)