April 19, 2024

Ponderable Quote by Antoine de Rivarol

“The absolute ruler may be a Nero, but he is sometimes Titus or Marcus Aurelius; the people is often Nero, and never Marcus Aurelius.”
Quoted from Liberty or Equality by Erik Ritter von Kuehnelt-Leddihn, 2007, The Ludwig von Moses Institute, p. 150.

Portrait of Antoine de Rivarol 
(1753-1801), by Melchior Wyrsch.