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The Social Contract, or Principles of Political Right Quotes

As soon as anyone says of the affairs of the state, ‘Of what importance are they to me?’ we must consider that the state is lost.[Sitôt que quelqu’un dit des affaires de l’Etat: que m’importe? on doit compter que l’État est perdu.]

Source:(Wordsworth Editions Ltd., ed. 1998), Book III, Chapter 15. Deputies or Representatives, Page 96
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  • Book: The Social Contract, or Principles of Political Right
  • Writer: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • Genre: Philosophy
  • Published: 1762
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