If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUWhat good would it be to possess the whole universe if one were its only survivor?
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It 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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From this it follows that, the larger the State, the less the liberty.
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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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There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something.
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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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Being wealthy isn’t just a question of having lots of money. It’s a question of what we want. Wealth isn’t an absolute, it’s relative to desire. Every time we seek something that we can’t afford, we can be counted as poor, how much money we may actually have.
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Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.
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I may be no better, but at least I am different.
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One does not drink. One gives a kiss to his glass, and the wine returns a caress to you.
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Happiness requires three things, a good bank account, a good cook, and good digestion.
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I feel an indescribable ecstasy and delirium in melting, as it were, into the system of being, in identifying myself with the whole of nature..
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Every artists wants to be applauded
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Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.
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Nothing on this earth is worth buying at the price of human blood.
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I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different.
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