Si je ne considérais que la force et l’effet qui en dérive, je dirais : « Tant qu’un peuple est contraint d’obéir et qu’il obéit, il fait bien ; sitô… - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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Si je ne considérais que la force et l’effet qui en dérive, je dirais : « Tant qu’un peuple est contraint d’obéir et qu’il obéit, il fait bien ; sitôt qu’il peut secouer le joug, et qu’il le secoue, il fait encore mieux : car, recouvrant sa liberté par le même droit qui la lui a ravie, ou il est fondé à la reprendre, ou on ne l’était point à la lui ôter ». Mais l’ordre social est un droit sacré qui sert de base à tous les autres. Cependant, ce droit ne vient point de la nature ; il est donc fondé sur des conventions. Il s’agit de savoir quelles sont ces conventions.
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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Citizen of Geneva
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Maintenant qu'il n'y a plus et qu'il ne peut plus y avoir de Religion nationale exclusive, on doit tolérer toutes celles qui tolerent les autres, autant que leurs dogmes n'ont rien de contraire aux devoirs du Citoyen. Mais quiconque ose dire, hors de l'Eglise point de Salut, doit être chassé de l'Etat; à moins que l'Etat ne soit l'Eglise, et que le Prince ne soit le Pontife. Un tel dogme n'est bon que dans un Gouvernement Théocratique.
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I have never believed that man’s freedom consists in doing what he wants, but rather in never doing what he does not want to do, and this is the freedom I have always sought after and often achieved, the freedom by virtue of which I have most scandalized my contemporaries. For they, being active, busy, ambitious, detesting freedom in others and not desiring it for themselves, as long as they can sometimes have their way, or rather prevent others from having theirs, they force themselves all their lives to do what they do not want to do and are willing to endure any servitude in order to command
