It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can.

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

I only see clearly what I remember.

I only see clearly what I remember.

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.

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...

I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.

I long remained a child, and I am still one in many respects.

What wisdom can find that is greater than kindness?

What wisdom can find that is greater than kindness?

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.

Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.