A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Topics: Liberty Quotes

One is only happy before he is happy

One is only happy before he is happy

True Christians are made to be slaves, and they know it and do not mind;...

True Christians are made to be slaves, and they know it and do not mind;...

Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux.

Our affections as well as our bodies are in perpetual flux.

General and abstract ideas are the source of the greatest errors of mankind.

General and abstract ideas are the source of the greatest errors of mankind.

We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.

We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason....

We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason....

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.

Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.

Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself

Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right...

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right...

A feeble body weakens the mind.

A feeble body weakens the mind.

Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible...

Most nations, as well as people are impossible only in their youth; they become incorrigible...

Cities are the abyss of the human species

Cities are the abyss of the human species

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right...

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right...

The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.

The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about what we don't know.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about what we don't know.

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to...

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to...

It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized...

It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized...

He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance...

He who is most slow in making a promise is the most faithful in performance...