The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms his strength into right, and obedience into duty.
Le plus fort n'est jamais assez fort pour etre toujours le maistre, s'il ne transforme sa force end droit et l'obeisance en devoir.
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Original Citation
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Du contrat social ou Principes du droit politique [On the Social Contract or Principles of Political Law]. Amsterdam: Marc Michel Rey, 1762, bk. 1, ch. 3.
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Current Citation
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. "Of the Social Contract." Of the Social Contract and Other Political Writings, translated by Quintin Hoare. Penguin Classics, 2012, bk. 1, ch. 3.
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