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Political literature9 quotes
Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762The body politic, like the human body, begins to die from its birth, and bears in itself the cause of its destruction. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762The first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said, "This is mine," and found people naïve enough to believe him, that man was the true founder of civil society. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1755Censorship is crucial for preserving morals but useless for restoring them. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms his strength into right, and obedience into duty. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762Money is the seed of money, and the first guinea is sometimes more difficult to acquire than the second million. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1755All 9 quotes →Philosophical literature7 quotes
Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762The body politic, like the human body, begins to die from its birth, and bears in itself the cause of its destruction. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762Censorship is crucial for preserving morals but useless for restoring them. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms his strength into right, and obedience into duty. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762In the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed, and never will exist. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762The right of conquest has no foundation other than the right of the strongest. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1762All 7 quotes →Autobiography and memoir3 quotes
Hatred, as well as love, renders its votaries credulous. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1781Remorse sleeps during a prosperous period but wakes up in adversity. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1781The thirst after happiness is never extinguished in the heart of man. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1789Epistolary novel1 quote
Should I live for centuries, the sweet period of my youth would not be reborn, nor effaced from my memory. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1761