I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Topics: Liberty Quotes, Peace Quotes

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...

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.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different.

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.

What wisdom can find that is greater than kindness?

What wisdom can find that is greater than kindness?

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...

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.

You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no...

You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no...

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

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...

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins...

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Modesty only begins...

No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and...

No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and...

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.

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

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 are predisposed to pride, the French to vanity.

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

I may be no better, but at least I am different.

I may be no better, but at least I am different.

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...

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

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