Whoever refuses to obey the general will shall be constrained to do so by the whole body; which means nothing else than that he shall be forced to be free.[Que quiconque refusera d’obéir à la volonté générale y sera contraint partout le corps: ce qui ne signifie autre chose sinon qu’on le forcera d’être libre.]

Source:(Wordsworth Editions Ltd., ed. 1998), Book I, Chapter 7. The Sovereign, Page 18
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