What, then, is the government? An intermediate body established between the subjects and the sovereign for their mutual correspondence, charged with the execution of the laws and with the maintenance of liberty both civil and political. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau (The Social Contract, or Principles of Political Right Quotes)

What, then, is the government? An intermediate body established between the subjects and the sovereign for their mutual correspondence, charged with the execution of the laws and with the maintenance of liberty both civil and political.[Qu’est-ce donc que le gouvernement? Un corps intermédiaire établi entre les sujets et le souverain pour leur mutuelle correspondance, chargé de l’exécution des lois et du maintien de la liberté tant civile que politique.]

Source:(Wordsworth Editions Ltd., ed. 1998), Book III, Chapter 1. Government in General, Page 58
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