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The general will is always right and aims at the public good, but the people's deliberations are not always equally correct
Drawn from what Jean-Jacques Rousseau said
What Jean-Jacques Rousseau actually said
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau Genevan philosopher and writer (1712 to 1778)
It follows from what has gone before that the general will is always right and tends to the public advantage; but it does not follow that the deliberations of the people are always equally correct.
Where this was said
↗The Social Contract (tr. G. D. H. Cole, 1913)gutenberg.org
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