I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Topics: Liberty Quotes, Peace Quotes

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.

Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.

Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.

The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as...

The body politic, as well as the human body, begins to die as soon as...

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

Every state funeral that shines is on its decline

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

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

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.

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

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

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

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...

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...

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...

In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on...

In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

The person who has lived the most is not the one who has lived the...

The person who has lived the most is not the one who has lived the...

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it,...

Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it,...

Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to...

Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to...

Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience.

Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad, it's experience.

When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion,...

When we are motivated by goals that have deep meaning, by dreams that need completion,...