Rousseau

Famous quotes containing the word rousseau:

“Let the trumpet of the day of judgment sound when it will, I shall appear with this book in my hand before the Sovereign Judge, and cry with a loud voice, This is my work, there were my thoughts, and thus was I. I have freely told both the good and the bad, have hid nothing wicked, added nothing good.”
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)

“It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.”
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778)

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