"Since governments take the right of death over their peopl… - Guy de Maupassant

"Since governments take the right of death over their people, it is not astonishing if the people should sometimes take the right of death over governments."

[On Water]

Guy de Maupassant

This quote has a book source. Sign up to see titles and page references

government uprising revolts retribution death-penalty revolutions punishment people

English

Collect this quote

About Guy de Maupassant

Henri-René-Albert-Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a popular 19th-century French writer, one of the fathers of the modern short story.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Alternative Names: Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant • Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant • Guy de Valmont • Joseph Prunier • Maupassant

All quotes from Guy de Maupassant Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Guy de Maupassant:

Anton Chekhov Honoré de Balzac Iris Murdoch Milan Kundera E. M. Forster

Additional quotes by Guy de Maupassant

Some people are Freethinkers from sheer stupidity. My Uncle Sosthenes was one of these. Some people are often religious for the same reason.

We love our mother unknowingly, and only realize how deep-rooted that love is at the ultimate separation.

L'angoisse de l'attente faisait désirer la venue de l'ennemi.

"Since governments take the right of death over their people, it is not astonishing if the people should sometimes take the right of death over gover… - Guy de Maupassant

About Guy de Maupassant

Also Known As

Go Premium

Additional quotes by Guy de Maupassant

Enhance Your Quote Experience