Rousseau

Famous quotes containing the word rousseau:

“Jean Jacques Rousseau ... is nothing but a fool in my eyes when he takes it upon himself to criticise society; he did not understand it, and approached it with the heart of an upstart flunkey.... For all his preaching a Republic and the overthrow of monarchical titles, the upstart is mad with joy if a Duke alters the course of his after-dinner stroll to accompany one of his friends.”
—Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)

“No man has any natural authority over his fellow men.”
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)

“The general will is always right.”
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)