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A people who never misused the powers of government would never misuse independence, and a people which always governed itself well would not need to be governed.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau (June 28, 1712 – July 2, 1778) was a major French-speaking Genevan philosopher of Enlightenment whose political ideas influenced the French Revolution, the development of socialist theory, and the growth of nationalism.

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Alternative Names: Citizen of Geneva • Jean Jacques Rousseau • J. J. Rousseau • Rousseau • J.J. Rousseau • JJ Rousseau

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Nada manifiesta tanto las verdaderas inclinaciones de un hombre como las clases de relaciones que contrae '.

تَعَلَّم ما أمرك الله أن تكون، وتَعَلَّم الناحية الإنسانية التي أنت فيها.

It frequently happens that a villainous action does not torment us the instant we commit it, but on recollection, and sometimes even after a number of years have elapsed, for the remembrance of crimes is not to be extinguished.

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