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People chose rulers to defend their liberty, not to be enslaved by them
Drawn from what Jean-Jacques Rousseau said
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- Jean-Jacques Rousseau Genevan philosopher and writer (1712 to 1778)
It is therefore past dispute, and indeed a fundamental maxim of political law, that people gave themselves chiefs to defend their liberty and not be enslaved by them.
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