Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.
More Quotes from Jean Jacques Rousseau:
There exists one book, which, to my taste, furnishes the happiest treatise of natural education. What then is this marvelous book Is it Aristotle Is it Pliny, is it Buffon No-it is Robinson Crusoe.Jean Jacques Rousseau
He who pretends to look upon death without fear, lies.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
I have suffered too much in this world not to hope for another.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Base souls have no faith in great individuals.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Slaves lose everything in their chains, even the desire of escaping from them.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Hatred, as well as love, renders its votaries credulous.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
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