Jean-Jacques Rousseau Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong.”

“Whoever blushes is already guilty; true innocence is ashamed of nothing.”

“Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains.”

“I may be no better, but at least I am different.”

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

“No true believer could be intolerant or a persecutor. If I were a magistrate and the law carried the death penalty against atheists, I would begin by sending to the stake whoever denounced another.”

“Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.”

“It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can.”

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

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