Man was born free, and everywhere he is in chains.

L'homme est né libre et partout il est dans les fers.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Topic

Freedom Liberation The human condition

Author

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Source

The Social Contract

Genre

Political literature Philosophical literature

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

French

Time

1762 1760s 18th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

Switzerland Europe

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Original Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. Du contrat social; ou Principes du droit politique [The Social Contract]. 1762.

Current Citation

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. "Of the Social Contract." Of the Social Contract and Other Political Writings. Translated by Quintin Hoare. Penguin, 2012.

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Another quote from the 1760s

The king, moreover, is not only incapable of doing wrong, but even of thinking wrong: he can never mean to do an improper thing: in him is no folly or weakness.

William Blackstone

Commentaries on the Laws of England

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Topic
Monarchy Legal theory

Author

William Blackstone
Source
Commentaries on the Laws of England
Medium
Treatise
Genre
Legal writing
Language
English
Time
1765 1760s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Blackstone, William, Sir. Commentaries on the Laws of England. Clarendon Press, 1765, bk. 1, ch. 7.

Another quote about Freedom

The people never give up their liberties but under some delusion.

Edmund Burke

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Topic
Relinquishing freedom Freedom

Author

Edmund Burke
Source
Speech at County Meeting of Buckinghamshire
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1784 1780s 18th century
Era
Age of Enlightenment
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Burke, Edmund. "Speech at a County Meeting of Buckinghamshire." 1784. Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

Another quote originally in French

The extermination camps, in endeavoring to turn man into a beast, intimated that it is not life alone which makes him man.

Andre Malraux

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Topic
The Holocaust

Author

Andre Malraux
Language
French
Time
1967 1960s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Malraux, Andre. "La Condition Humain [The Human Condition]." Antimemoires [Anti-memoirs]. 1967, sect. 2.

Current Citation

Malraux, Andre. "The Human Condition." Anti-Memoirs. Translated by Terence Kilmartin. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1968, sect. 2.

Another quote of the following type Metaphor, analogy and simile

But let justice run down like water,
And righteousness like a mighty stream.

Amos 5:24

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Topic
Justice Righteousness
Source
Amos The Bible
Medium
Scripture
Genre
Religious literature
Statement Type
Prophecies and predictions Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Hebrew
Time
-750 -750s 8th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 3
Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Amos 5:24).