Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to preserve it. Has it ever been said that a man who throws himself out the window to escape from a fire is guilty of suicide?

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

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...

The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members...

The English think they are free. They are free only during the election of members...

It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and...

It is a mania shared by philosophers of all ages to deny what exists and...

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.

I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described.

Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.

Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.

I only see clearly what I remember.

I only see clearly what I remember.

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...

However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned...

However great a man's natural talent may be, the act of writing cannot be learned...

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....

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.

Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and...

Temperance and labor are the two best physicians of man; labor sharpens the appetite, and...

The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

The English are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

Take the course opposite to custom and you will almost always do well.

As soon as public service ceases to be the chief business of the citizens, and...

As soon as public service ceases to be the chief business of the citizens, and...

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

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

War then, is a relation - not between man and man: but between state and...

War then, is a relation - not between man and man: but between state and...

Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed...

Nations have recently been led to borrow billions for war; no nation has ever borrowed...

The poetry of heroism appeals irresitably to those who don't go to a war, and...

The poetry of heroism appeals irresitably to those who don't go to a war, and...