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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer

1712–1778

16 quotes, most often on Liberty, Laws and Love. Part of the Philosophers collection.

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.
Often credited to Daniel Webster
- Liberty
- Virtue
Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.
The Social Contract (1762), Book I, Chapter IIn context
- Freedom
- Liberty
Tranquillity is found also in dungeons; but is that enough to make them desirable places to live in?
The Social Contract (1762), Book I, Chapter IVIn context
- Freedom
- Liberty
To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties. For him who renounces everything no indemnity is possible. Such a renunciation is incompatible with man’s nature; to remove all liberty from his will is to remove all morality from his acts.
The Social Contract (1762), Book I, Chapter IVIn context
- Liberty
- Morality

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