To renounce liberty is to renounce being a man, to surrender the rights of humanity and even its duties

Quote by Jean Jacques Rousseau

Topics: Liberty Quotes

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

Religious persecutors are not believers, they are rascals.

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

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

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;...

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...

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...

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.

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...

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

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

To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which...

To endure is the first thing that a child ought to learn, and that which...

The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time...

The training of children is a profession, where we must know how to waste time...

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life

Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the...

Education would be much more effective if its purpose was to ensure that by the...