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The Social Contract, or Principles of Political Right Quotes

Free nations, remember this maxim: Liberty may be acquired but never recovered.[Peuples libres, souvenez-vous de cette maxime: On peut acquérir la liberté, mais on ne la recouvre jamais.]

Source:(Wordsworth Editions Ltd., ed. 1998), Book II, Chapter 8. People, Page 45
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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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