• starman2112
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    1 year ago

    Interesting proverb for Germans. I wonder how long it’s been around

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      1 year ago

      I just checked and: Its actually from france, coming from an opponent of the revolution and is dated 1811.

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      Joseph Marie de Maistre

      ! 01.04.1753 Chambéry, Rhône-Alpes (Frankreich)

      † 26.02.1821 Turin (Italien)

      “Every nation has the government it deserves.”

      Letter from 15.VIII.1811