"Universal silence must be taken to imply the……" — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"Universal silence must be taken to imply the consent of the people."
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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286 Quotes by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau has 286 quotes on this site.
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Remorse sleeps during a prosperous period but wakes up in adversity.
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If Socrates died like a philosopher, Jesus Christ died like a God.
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Government originated in the attempt to find a form of association that defends and protects the person and property of…
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Beware of listening to this impostor; you are undone if you once forget that the fruits of the earth belong…
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Do not judge, and you will never be mistaken.
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The more humanity owes him, the more society denies him. Every door is shut against him, even when he has…
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Ah, that is a perfume in which I delight; when they roast coffee near my house, I hasten to open…
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I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another.
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A man speaks of what he knows, a woman of what pleases her: the one requires knowledge, the other taste.
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Slaves lose everything in their chains, even the desire of escaping from them.
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Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions of the body.
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The man who gets the most out of life is not the one who has lived it longest, but the…
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More Consent Quotes
This quote is filed under Consent Quotes,
one of 364 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent.
— Saint Augustine
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Presidents have the right to nominate their own cabinet secretaries. But their nominees don't have a right to confirmation. Senators…
— Gary Bauer
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Your successes and happiness are forgiven you only if you generously consent to share them.
— Albert Camus
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Methods of thought which claim to give the lead to our world in the name of revolution have become, in…
— Albert Camus
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One way I differ from my character, Coach Taylor, is that I never would have taken this faraway job without…
— Kyle Chandler
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No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence,…
— William Ellery Channing
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I would never consent to a lame publicity stunt at a time when I already want to hide.
— Diablo Cody
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If nationality is consent, the state is compulsion.
— Henri Frédéric Amiel
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Come, woo me, woo me, for now I am in a holiday humor, and like enough to consent.
— William Shakespeare
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Do not fear your enemies. The worst they can do is kill you. Do not fear friends. At worst, they…
— Bruno Jasienski
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Nothing that results in human progress is achieved with unanimous consent. Those that are enlightened before the others are condemned…
— Christopher Columbus
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The only distinction between freedom and slavery consists in this: In the former state a man is governed by the…
— Alexander Hamilton
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