Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains. Those who think themselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUMy birth was my first misfortune.
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Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.
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To be sane in a world of madman is in itself madness.
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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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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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The sociable man, always outside himself, is capable of living only in the opinions of others and, so to speak, derives the sentiment of his own existence solely from their judgment.
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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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We cannot teach children the danger of lying to men without feeling as men, the greater danger of lying to children.
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Oh, man! Live your own life and no longer be wretched!
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If there were a nation of Gods, it would govern itself democratically. A government so perfect is not suited to men.
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From this it follows that, the larger the State, the less the liberty.
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Truth is an homage that the good man pays to his own dignity.
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I perceive God everywhere in His works. I sense Him in me; I see Him all around me.
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To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties.
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I may be no better, but at least I am different.
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The man who meditates is a depraved animal.
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