“The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Once you teach people to say what they do not understand, it is easy enough to get them to say anything you like.”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Liberty may be gained, but can never be recovered.”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“I hate books; they only teach us to talk about things we know nothing about.”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“In a word, it is the best and most natural arrangement that the wisest should govern the many, when it is assured that they will govern for its profit, and not for their own.”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Men always love what is good or what they find good; it is in judging what is good that they go wrong.”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Every one desires happiness, but to secure it he must know what happiness is.”
— Jean-Jacques Rousseau