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Page xxvii
... people ' is established as a living reality , that these abuses are barred out . There is all the difference in the world between the subjection of a herd of men to an absolute Government and the surrender of each individual to the ...
... people ' is established as a living reality , that these abuses are barred out . There is all the difference in the world between the subjection of a herd of men to an absolute Government and the surrender of each individual to the ...
Page xxxi
... people ; it must also be directed neither to the profit , nor to the loss , of any one class - still less , of any one individual - but to the advantage , even if it be an advantage purchased by sacrifice , of the community as a whole ...
... people ; it must also be directed neither to the profit , nor to the loss , of any one class - still less , of any one individual - but to the advantage , even if it be an advantage purchased by sacrifice , of the community as a whole ...
Page xxxiii
... people , is maintained - as it is of necessity in a democracy and as it may be in a limited monarchy - either of those other two forms may be justified , and indeed demanded , by the special circumstances of the case . Thus he holds it ...
... people , is maintained - as it is of necessity in a democracy and as it may be in a limited monarchy - either of those other two forms may be justified , and indeed demanded , by the special circumstances of the case . Thus he holds it ...
Page xlviii
... people . ' That was the offence which no friend of the old order , whether before or after the French Revolution , could ever pardon . Yet no practical consequence , however true and however startling , can exhaust the meaning of a book ...
... people . ' That was the offence which no friend of the old order , whether before or after the French Revolution , could ever pardon . Yet no practical consequence , however true and however startling , can exhaust the meaning of a book ...
Page li
... people - but , to him , the two things went hand in hand - is his chief contribution to the political life of Europe . Such are some of the chief debts , speculative and practical , which the world owes to the Contrat social . It is ...
... people - but , to him , the two things went hand in hand - is his chief contribution to the political life of Europe . Such are some of the chief debts , speculative and practical , which the world owes to the Contrat social . It is ...
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