Free people, remember this maxim: We may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Topics: Liberty Quotes

Money is the seed of money.

Money is the seed of money.

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...

Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all...

Do I dare set forth here the most important, the most useful rule of all...

Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if...

Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if...

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.

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...

Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions are the voice of the body

Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions are the voice of the body

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...

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

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.

What wisdom can find that is greater than kindness?

What wisdom can find that is greater than kindness?

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these...

Reading, solitude, idleness, a soft and sedentary life, intercourse with women and young people, these...

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

When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you...

When something an affliction happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you...

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.

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

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

The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things--the power to tell the...

The supreme end of education is expert discernment in all things--the power to tell the...

'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power...

'Tis a sort of duty to be rich, that it may be in one's power...