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The Social Contract, or Principles of Political Right Quotes

Man was born free, and everywhere he is in chains. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau (The Social Contract, or Principles of Political Right Quotes)

Man was born free, and everywhere he is in chains.[L’homme est né libre, et partout il est dans les fers.]

Source:(Wordsworth Editions Ltd., ed. 1998), Book I, Chapter 1. Subject of the First Book, Page 5
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau (The Social Contract, or Principles of Political Right Quotes)
  • Book: The Social Contract, or Principles of Political Right
  • Writer: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  • Genre: Philosophy
  • Published: 1762
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