In Genoa, the word, libertas can be read on the front of prisons and on the fetters of galley-slaves. The application of this motto is fine and just.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Topics: Freedom Quotes, Liberty Quotes, Slavery Quotes

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;...

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 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...

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.

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.

Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.

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...

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

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

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make...

To live is not merely to breathe; it is to act; it is to make...

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...

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...

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.

We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.

We pity in others only the those evils which we ourselves have experienced.

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

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

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what...

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what...

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

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

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

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

Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.

Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.