As soon as any man says of the affairs of the State 'What does it matter to me?' the State may be given up for lost.
Social contract theory
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"The true founder of civil society was the first man who, having enclosed a plot of land, took it into his head to say 'This is mine' and found people simple enough to believe him."
Controversial"To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have said."
Strange & Unusual"The general will is always right and tends to the public advantage; but it does not follow that the deliberations of the people are always equally correct."
Strange & Unusual"It is not good for man to be alone; and I say it is not good for him to be a philosopher."
Strange & Unusual"Women do wrong to complain of the inequality of man-made laws; this inequality is not of man's making, or at any rate it is not the result of mere prejudice, but of reason."
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