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Every one who receives the protection of society owes a return for the benefit. — John Stuart Mill · 1859The Social Contract is nothing more or less than a vast conspiracy of human beings to lie to and humbug themselves and one another for the general Good. Lies are the mortar that bind the savage individual man into the social masonry. — H.G. Wells · 1899
Individual vs. the collective1 quote
The Social Contract is nothing more or less than a vast conspiracy of human beings to lie to and humbug themselves and one another for the general Good. Lies are the mortar that bind the savage individual man into the social masonry. — H.G. Wells · 1899
Society and the individual1 quote
Every one who receives the protection of society owes a return for the benefit. — John Stuart Mill · 1859