If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUIt is a great evil for a Chief of a nation to be born the enemy of the freedom whose defender he should be.
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If force compels obedience, there is no need to invoke a duty to obey, and if force ceases to compel obedience, there is no longer any obligation.
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Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
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In truth, laws are always useful to those with possessions and harmful to those who have nothing; from which it follows that the social state is advantageous to men only when all possess something and none has too much.
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Happiness requires three things, a good bank account, a good cook, and good digestion.
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What wisdom can you find greater than kindness.
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To do is to be.
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To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.
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The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.
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I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
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The man who meditates is a depraved animal.
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However great a man’s natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned all at once.
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My love for imaginary objects and my facility in lending myself to them ended by disillusioning me with everything around me, and determined that love of solitude which I have retained ever since that time.
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Everything is good as it comes from the hands of the Maker of the world, but degenerates once it gets into the hands of man
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Every person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it.
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In any real democracy, magistracy isn’t a benefit—it’s a burdensome responsibility that can’t fairly be imposed on one individual rather than another.
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