Cuando por casualidad encuentro alguno que ha escapado a las instrucciones comunes, o que al no conocer mi cara no me muestra ninguna aversión, el ho… - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

In the strict sense of the term, a true democracy has never existed, and never will exist. It is against natural order that the great number should govern and that the few should be governed.

Genel olarak, bir toprak parçası üzerinde ilk oturma hakkı tanımak için aşağıdaki koşulların bulunması gerekir: Önce, bu toprakta o zamana kadar kimsenin oturmamış olması, sonra bir kimsenin yalnız geçimine yetecek kadar yer tutmuş olması; son olarak da bu toprağın boş bir törenle değil, (yasal kanıt bulunmadığı zaman başkasının saymak zorunda olduğu tek sahiplik belirtisi olan) çalışma ve ekip biçmeyle elde tutulmuş olması gerekir.

Sovereignty, for the same reason as makes it inalienable, cannot be represented; it lies essentially in the general will, and will does not admit of representation: it is either the same, or other; there is no intermediate possibility. The
deputies of the people, therefore, are not and cannot be its representatives: they are merely its stewards, and can carry through no definitive acts. Every law the people has not ratified in person is null and void — is in fact, not a law. The people of England regards itself as free; but it is grossly mistaken; it is free only during the election of members of parliament. As soon as they are elected,
slavery overtakes it, and it is nothing. The use it makes of the short moments of liberty it enjoys shows indeed that it deserves to lose them.