Jean-Jacques Rousseau — "The most dangerous of all sentiments is the one which makes us say, 'It's none o…"

"The sovereign, being formed wholly of the individuals who compose it, has no interest a part from theirs."

"Happiness is a good bank account, a good cook, and a good digestion."

"The first man who, having fenced in a piece of land, said 'This is mine,' and found people naive enough to believe him, was the true founder of civil society. From how many crimes, wars, and murders, …"

"It is precisely because the force of things always tends to destroy equality that the force of legislation must always tend to maintain it."

"I have always held that the most beautiful thing in the world, the most beautiful spectacle, is a beautiful woman."