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Any Quotes by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- There are two things to be considered with regard to any scheme. In the first place, Is it good in itself? In the second, Can…
- Since men cannot create new forces, but merely combine and control those which already exist, the only way in which they can preserve themselves is…
- The falsification of history has done more to impede human development than any one thing known to mankind.
- Liberty is not to be found in any form of government; she is in the heart of the free man; he bears her with him…
- I also realized that the philosophers, far from ridding me of my vain doubts, only multiplied the doubts that tormented me and failed to remove…
- No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.
- To discover the rules of society that are best suited to nations, there would need to exist a superior intelligence, who could understand the passions…
- Every man having been born free and master of himself, no one else may under any pretext whatever subject him without his consent. To assert…
- In any case, frequent punishments are a sign of weakness or slackness in the government. There is no man so bad that he cannot be…
- I have never thought, for my part, that man's freedom consists in his being able to do whatever he wills, but that he should not,…
- I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who…
- As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State "What does it matter to me?" the State may be given up for…
- I believed that I was approaching the end of my days without having tasted to the full any of the pleasures for which my heart…
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