To Renounce Liberty Is To Renounce Being

Laws Are Always Useful To Those Who Possess And Vexatious To Those Who Have Nothing.

To Renounce Liberty Is To Renounce Being A Man, To Surrender The Rights Of Humanity And Even Its Duties.

Slaves Lose Everything In Their Chains, Even The Desire Of Escaping From Them.

I May Not Be Better Than Other People, But At Least I'm Different.

Each Member Of The Community Gives Himself To It At The Instant Of Its Constitution, Just As He Actually Is, Himself And All His Forces, Including All Goods In His Possession.