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It is pity in which the state of nature takes the place of laws, morals and virtues, with the added advantage that no one there is tempted to disobey its gentle voice.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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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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I perceive God everywhere in His works. I sense Him in me; I see Him all around me.
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What wisdom can you find greater than kindness.
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Nothing on this earth is worth buying at the price of human blood.
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Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains. Those who think themselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they.
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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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I have never thought, for my part, that man’s freedom consists in his being able to do whatever he wills, but that he should not, by any human power, be forced to do what is against his will.
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I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.
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Every person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it.
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My birth was my first misfortune.
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To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have written.
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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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Nature made me happy and good, and if I am otherwise, it is society’s fault.
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There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something.
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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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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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