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The Social Contract, or Principles of Political Right Quotes

Slaves lose everything in their bonds, even the desire to escape from them. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau (The Social Contract, or Principles of Political Right Quotes)

Slaves lose everything in their bonds, even the desire to escape from them.[Les esclaves perdent tout dans leurs fers, jusqu’au désir d’en sortir.]

Source:(Wordsworth Editions Ltd., ed. 1998), Book I, Chapter 2. Primitive Societies, Page 7
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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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