In truth, laws are always useful to those with possessions and harmful to those who have nothing; from … - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

In truth, laws are always useful to those with possessions and harmful to those who have nothing; from which it follows that the social state is advantageous to men only when all possess something and none has too much.

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People in their natural state are basically good. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society.

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We are born weak, we need strength; helpless, we need aid; foolish, we need reason. All that we lack at birth, all that we need when we come to man's estate, is the gift of education.

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There are always four sides to a story: your side, their side, the truth and what really happened.

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You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.

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In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare; it is when a state is in decay that the multitude of crimes is a gaurantee of impunity.

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