The strongest is never strong enough always to be master, unless he transforms strength into right, and… — Jean Jacques Rousseau
The strongest is never strong enough always to be master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.
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Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they.
The body politic, like the human body, begins to die from its birth, and bears in itself the causes of its destruction.
The mere impulse of appetite is slavery, while obedience to the law we prescribe to ourselves is liberty.
