Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire l... -Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Free people, remember this maxim: we may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes to Explore

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little....

Gratitude is a duty which ought to be paid, but which none have a right to expect....

Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves....

No man has any natural authority over his fellow men....

Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone....

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?...

Happiness: a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion....

Our will is always for our own good, but we do not always see what that is....

What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?...

The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless....

Freedom Quotes to Explore

Understand and accept the cycles of money. The setbacks you may have today or next year will not keep you from financial freedom. If you hold on to yo...

I would describe and I have described myself to people who ask as a freedom fighter....

Bisexuality means I am free and I am as likely to want to love a woman as I am likely to want to love a man, and what about that? Isn't that what free...

I would want to bring up my children. Therefore, I have no dream to make my mark. Instead, I enjoy economic freedom my hard work has given me. It mean...

In short, is not liberty the freedom of every person to make full use of his faculties, so long as he does not harm other persons while doing so?...

I guess I don't really let the stress of my family weigh on my career, weigh on my options anymore, which I think we all need freedom from....

Our alliances should be understood as a means to expand our influence, not as a constraint on our power. The expansion of democracy and freedom in the...

I think the word 'freedom' is beautiful, not so much in its phonics, but just in the power of the word itself....

I am an optimist, and I believe that people are inherently good and that if you give everyone a voice and freedom of expression, the truth and the goo...

The men and women who serve in our military have won for us every hour we live in freedom, sometimes at the expense of the very hours of the lifetimes...