And when the relics of humanity left among the Spaniards induced them to forbid their lawyers to set foot in America, what must they have thought of jurisprudence? May it not be said that they thought, by this single expedient, to make reparation for all the outrages they had committed against the unhappy Indians?
Jean-Jacques RousseauIt is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can.
Jean-Jacques RousseauSlaves lose everything in their chains, even the desire of escaping from them.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau...in respect of riches, no citizen shall ever be wealthy enough to buy another, and none poor enough to be forced to sell himself.
Jean-Jacques RousseauGeneral abstract truth is the most precious of all blessings; without it, man is blind; it is the eye of reason.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau