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Government Quotes by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Government originated in the attempt to find a form of association that defends and protects the person and property of each with the common force…
- Frequent punishments are always a sign of weakness or laziness on the part of a government.
- The problem is to find a form of association which will defend and protect with the whole common force the person and goods of each…
- 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…
- What, then, is the government? An intermediary body established between the subjects and the sovereign for their mutual communication, a body charged with the execution…
- 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…
- If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men.
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