Finally, when the State close to ruin subsists only on an illusory and vain form, when the social bond is broken in all hearts, when the barest inter… - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Finally, when the State close to ruin subsists only on an illusory and vain form, when the social bond is broken in all hearts, when the barest interest brazenly assumes the sacred name of public good; then the general will grows mute, everyone, prompted by secret motives, no more states opinions as a Citizen than if the State had never existed, and iniquitous decrees with no other goal than particular interest are falsely passed under the name of Laws.