Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseauwas a Francophone Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th century. His political philosophy influenced the Enlightenment in France and across Europe, as well as aspects of the French Revolution and the overall development of modern political and educational thought...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth28 June 1712
CityGeneva, Switzerland
CountryFrance
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The money that we possess is the instrument of liberty, that which we lack and strive to obtain is the instrument of slavery.
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Slaves lose everything in their chains, even the desire of escaping from them.
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One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they.
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Christ preaches only servitude and dependence... True Christians are made to be slaves.
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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.
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Finance is a slave's word.
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The strongest is never strong enough always to be master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty
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Endurance and to be able to endure is the first lesson a child should learn because it's the one they will most need to know.
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Every man has the right to risk his own life in order to save it.
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Conscience is the voice of the soul; the passions are the voice of the body
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Free people, remember this maxim: We may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.
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Most people believe that the longer you let these things go, the more likely you are to have something go wrong.
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I hate books; they only teach us to talk about what we don't know.
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The person who is slowest in making a promise is most faithful in its performance.