The General Will Rules In Society As

The Most Extravagant Idea That Can Be Born In The Head Of A Political Thinker Is To Believe That It Suffices For People To Enter, Weapons In Hand, Among A Foreign People And Expect To Have Its Laws And Constitution Embraced. No One Loves Armed Missionaries; The First Lesson Of Nature And Prudence Is To Repulse Them As Enemies.

The King Must Die So That The Country Can Live.

The General Will Rules In Society As The Private Will Governs Each Separate Individual.

The Revolution Is The War Of Liberty Against Its Enemies. The Constitution Is The Rule Of Liberty Against Its Enemies. The Constitution Is The Rule Of Liberty When Victorious And Peaceable.

Food That Is Necessary For Man’s Existence Is As Sacred As Life Itself. Everything That Is Indispensable For Its Preservation Is The Common Property Of Society As A Whole. It Is Only The Surplus That Is Private Property And Can Be Safely Left To Individual Commercial Enterprise.