Ought to have a universal compulsory force to move and arrange each part in the manner best suited to the whole. Just as nature gives each man an absolute power over all his members, the social compact gives the body politic an absolute power over all its members." "We grant that each person alienates, by the social compact, only that portion of his power, his goods, and liberty whose use is of consequence to the community; but we must also grant that only the sovereign is the judge of what is of consequence.
Jean-Jacques RousseauA man speaks of what he knows, a woman of what pleases her: the one requires knowledge, the other taste.
Jean-Jacques RousseauThe majesty of the Scriptures strikes me with admiration, as the purity of the gospel has its influence on my heart.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau