Marquis de Sade Quotes
I assumed that everything must yield to me, that the entire universe had to flatter my whims, and that I had the right to satisfy them at will.
Sade, Marquis de. Letters from Prison. Translated by Richard Seaver, Arcade Publishing, 1999.
Describing politcy making in the Trump Whitehouse. This quotation has been cited by many who were studying Trimp's personality and style. Other Presidents would that meny people have and express their vires but in the final analysis, the President makes the decision. Trump's ego was such that he expands the notion to make this statement that so many poeople thought was so egocentric that it was inappropriate for a President of the United States where, it is the people who matter most. Trump did not have that view however.
Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade, was a French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer famous for his libertine sexuality. His works include novels, short stories, plays, dialogues, and political tracts. He was a proponent of absolute freedom, unrestrained by morality, religion, or law. The words sadism and sadist are derived in reference to the works of fiction he wrote which portrayed numerous acts of sexual cruelty.
