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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.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties.
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Humanity Liberty Man Right
What, then, is the government? An intermediary body established between the subjects and the sovereign for their mutual communication, a body charged with the execution of the laws and the maintenance of freedom, both civil and political.
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Body Freedom Government Law Politics
To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make use of our organs, senses, faculties – of all those parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of existence.
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Act Breathe Existence Feeling Live Ourselves Philosophy Yourself
If we assume man has been corrupted by an artificial civilization, what is the natural state? the state of nature from which he has been removed? imagine, wandering up and down the forest without industry, without speech, and without home.
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Civilization Deep Home Imagination Man Nature Philosophy
What wisdom can you find greater than kindness.
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Greatness Kindness Wisdom
I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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Book Hate Myself Teaching
Nature made me happy and good, and if I am otherwise, it is society’s fault.
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Happiness Nature People
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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Desire Money Philosophy Rich Seek Time
Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.
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Instagram Captions Simplicity
There is peace in dungeons, but is that enough to make dungeons desirable?
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Deep Desire Enough Need Peace Prison
It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.
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Difficult Live Oneself Survive Thinking
I perceive God everywhere in His works. I sense Him in me; I see Him all around me.
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God Himself Myself Religious Spiritual
The man who meditates is a depraved animal.
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Animal Man
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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Believe Different Existence Myself See
There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something.
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Change Evil Goodness Worth
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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Born Enemy Evil Freedom Greatness Himself Nation