Marquis de Sade Quotes

Me seemes the world is runne quite out of square,From the first point of his appointed sourse,And being once amisse growes daily wourse and wourse.

The world is increasing in wickedness.

We are tainted by modern philosophy which has taught us that all is good, whereas evil has polluted everything and in a very real sense all is evil, since nothing is in its proper place.

There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak not of Evil, whose limited empire is that of ethics; I speak of the infinite.

There is an interesting interplay between power corrupting and corruption empowering. The causality does not go one way.

One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I am speaking of the infinite.

Evil changes everybody!

In revolutions authority remains with the greatest scoundrels.

Disbelievers cause confusion and corruption in the land.

This don't go here. [A major riot ensued.]

The orgy of thieving in Iraq has more to do with the character of the people than the absence of restraining troops. And to think that good, decent, law-abiding young British and American men and women laid down their lives to liberate this thieving mob.

I would as soon go to live in a pen in a stockyard as into American politics

The wave of evil washes all our institutions alike.

The more sin is rationalized, the greater the possibility of destruction by Satan's wolves.

Noir has always shown that greed and chaos are as close as the company we work for or the politicians we vote for.

How can there be peace when drunkards, drug dealers, communists, atheists, New Age worshipers of Satan, secular humanists, oppressive dictators, greedy money changers, revolutionary assassins, adulterers, and homosexuals are on top?

This ain't a war... It's a goddam whorehouse.

This isn't a mob, won't need to change the names. Everyone around you has murdered someone, something sacred. There isn't one nail without dirt under it. There isn't any white cotton panties that aren't soaked and stained red. It's better to push something when it's slipping, than to risk being dragged down.

The commonwealth of Athens is become a forest of beasts.

Greed has poisoned men's souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed.

Wickedness is a kind of voluntary frenzy, and a chosen distraction.

You got men who can't hold peace and women who can't control their tongues. The rich seduce the poor, and the old seduce the young.

Violence is a disease, a disease that corrupts all who use it regardless of the cause.

The great Way is easy, yet people prefer the side paths. Be aware when things are out of balance. Stay centered within the Tao. When rich speculators prosper While farmers lose their land; when government officials spend money on weapons instead of cures; when the upper class is extravagant and irresponsible while the poor have nowhere to turn- all this is robbery and chaos. It is not in keeping with the Tao.

Don't let a little sin in; all hell will break loose.