The right of conquest has no foundation other than the right of the strongest. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The right of conquest has no foundation other than the right of the strongest.
In the original French
A l'egard du droit de conquete, il n'a d'autre fondement que la loi du plus fort.
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. 1, ch. 4.
Original citation
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. 1, ch. 4.
