Let the trumpet of the day of judgment sound when it will, I shall appear with this book in my hand before the Sovereign Judge, and cry with a loud voice, This is my work, there were my thoughts, and thus was I. I have freely told both the good and the bad, have hid nothing wicked, added nothing good.
Jean-Jacques RousseauIf I am part of a group of 100 people, do 99 people have the right to sentence me to death, just because they are majority?
Jean-Jacques RousseauWhoever refuses to obey the general will will be forced to do so by the entire body; this means merely that he will be forced to be free.
Jean-Jacques RousseauI bold it impossible, that the great monarchies of Europe can subsist much longer; they all affect magnificence and splendor.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau