"The bonds of society are formed by the common needs of men, and the common good of all is the end of society."

"It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living."

"To live is not to breathe but to act. It is to make use of our organs, our senses, our faculties, of all the parts of ourselves which give us the feeling of our existence. The man who has lived most i…"

"The rich, in order to live, must eat; the poor, in order to eat, must live."

"The general will is the constant will of all the members of the State; it is by it that they are citizens and free."