If All Were Perfect Christians,

The Problem Is To Find A Form Of Association Which Will Defend And Protect With The Whole Common Force The Person And Goods Of Each Associate, And In Which Each, While Uniting Himself With All, May Still Obey Himself Alone, And Remain As Free As Before.

I Would Rather Be A Man Of Paradoxes Than A Man Of Prejudices.

Civilization Is A Hopeless Race To Discover Remedies For The Evils It Produces.

The Falsification Of History Has Done More To Impede Human Development Than Any One Thing Known To Mankind.

Each Member Of The Community Gives Himself To It At The Instant Of Its Constitution, Just As He Actually Is, Himself And All His Forces, Including All Goods In His Possession.