From this it follows that, the larger the State, the less the liberty.
JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAUFrom this it follows that, the larger the State, the less the liberty.
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If there is in this world a well-attested account, it is that of vampires. Nothing is lacking: official reports, affidavits of well-known people, of surgeons, of priests, of magistrates; the judicial proof is most complete. And with all that, who is there who believes in vampires?
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To do is to be.
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Nature made me happy and good, and if I am otherwise, it is society’s fault.
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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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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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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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People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.
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I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.
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There are times when I am so unlike myself that I might be taken for someone else of an entirely opposite character.
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Nothing on this earth is worth buying at the price of human blood.
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The man who meditates is a depraved animal.
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Alas, it is when we are beginning to leave this mortal body that it most offends us!
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My birth was my first misfortune.
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Every person has a right to risk their own life for the preservation of it.
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There is no evildoer who could not be made good for something.
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