In the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed, and never will exist. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
In the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed, and never will exist.
In the original French
Il n'a jamais existe de veritable Democratie, et il n'en existera jamais.
The Social Contract · 1762
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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. "Of the Social Contract." Of the Social Contract and Other Political Writings, translated by Quintin Hoare. Penguin Classics, 2012, bk. 3, ch. 4.
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Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Du contrat social ou Principes du droit politique [On the Social Contract or Principles of Political Law]. Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1762, bk. 3, ch. 4.
